This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp
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 28.4295 2461249.9295 12.46 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4
178.94342 3.16202 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.5" and 7.6 pix
The object was found in VSX21" Gaia DR3 3450136787814781696
Type: DSCT|GDOR
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
12.540 G 12.580 G 0.023469300000 A
The object was found in astcheck.250 Bettina 1 -0 1 13.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4: 15.04 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4: 14.89 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.96 +/- 0.09
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 3450136787814781696,2461249.9295,12.46,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 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
Gaia DR3 3450136787814781696 20260728.4295 12.46CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 28.4295 2461249.9295 12.96 05:59:37.66 +31:28:42.9
179.34658 3.89780 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 7.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.141 Lumen 0 -1 1 13.4 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:59:37.66 +31:28:42.9: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:59:37.66 +31:28:42.9: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461249.9295,12.96,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 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 20260728.4295 12.96CV 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: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
First image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Last image: 2461249.92985083 28.07.2026 10:18:49.112 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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.: -7.70
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: 9 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
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): 20824
Objects passed selection criteria: 20663
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 12837.5
Average stars matched: 12141 (94.5745 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 246564 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 06:37:22 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
First image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Last image: 2461249.92985083 28.07.2026 10:18:49.112 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 73
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
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: 69 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
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): 168719
Objects passed selection criteria: 168189
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 111122
Average stars matched: 104650 (94.1751 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 635640 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 06:49:23 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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: 2461249.92915324
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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits'
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits'
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits'
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Image size: 941.3'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79 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 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07
Second-epoch image center 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0773 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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69 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 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0785 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 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79
Second-epoch second image center 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01247 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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jfljs6tMUT
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DgThhT4lop
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MBDUzAq0wc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FfWtg2IpeX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 27193 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5801 to 99.6659 deg, Dec +24.3425 to +35.3069 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.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 80.5801 to 99.6659 deg, Dec 24.3425 to 35.3069 deg
Loaded 17091 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): 11926 out of 13489 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13489 out of 27193 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.939750
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.939750
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 27193 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5801 to 99.6659 deg, Dec +24.3425 to +35.3069 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 80.5801 to 99.6659 deg, Dec 24.3425 to 35.3069 deg
Loaded 17091 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): 11926 out of 13489 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13489 out of 27193 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 27141 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5948 to 99.6661 deg, Dec +24.3432 to +35.3120 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 80.5948 to 99.6661 deg, Dec 24.3432 to 35.3120 deg
Loaded 17084 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): 12065 out of 13603 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13603 out of 27141 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ 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:
2.1 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
2.1 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
2.4 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
2.3 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
15.2 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.0 (SNR ) 10.6 (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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=3136, bad_region=5792, passed=27193
Got 27193 stars (including 18877 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27193 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4777 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4778 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4777 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 4778 stars left (next iteration limit 5254)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits N_match=4778 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.488 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.616 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.423 n_q1=1282 n_q2=975 n_q3=1593 n_q4=928 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.261
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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.DgThhT4lop (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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=3121, bad_region=5776, passed=27141
Got 27141 stars (including 18855 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27141 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4779 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22614 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22614 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 4779 stars left (next iteration limit 5255)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits N_match=4779 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.477 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.617 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.446 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.377 n_q1=1281 n_q2=975 n_q3=1594 n_q4=929 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.294
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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.MBDUzAq0wc (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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=425, bad_region=1120, passed=5520
Got 5520 stars (including 4097 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5520 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3990 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3933 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3934 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3932 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3992 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3938 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Excluding outliers - 3938 stars left (next iteration limit 4325)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3938 robust_rms=6.329 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.442 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3938 robust_rms=0.667 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.732 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3938 robust_rms=0.542 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.663 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3938 robust_rms_before=1.388 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.561 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.542 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.684 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.663
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.684 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits N_match=3938 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.562 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.542 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.569 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.707 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.483 n_q1=1113 n_q2=766 n_q3=1372 n_q4=687 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.259
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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.FfWtg2IpeX (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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=370, bad_region=1100, passed=5537
Got 5537 stars (including 4137 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5537 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4026 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3967 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3967 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4657 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4027 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3970 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4657 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3969 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4657 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 3969 stars left (next iteration limit 4363)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3969 robust_rms=6.451 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.570 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3969 robust_rms=0.676 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.767 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3969 robust_rms=0.552 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.662 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3969 robust_rms_before=1.409 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.565 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.552 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.675 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.662
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.675 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits N_match=3969 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.576 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.550 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.529 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.701 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.503 n_q1=1125 n_q2=778 n_q3=1388 n_q4=678 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.217
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits sigma_overall=0.488 worst_q_ratio=1.261
ref2=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits sigma_overall=0.477 worst_q_ratio=1.294
new1=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits sigma_overall=0.562 worst_q_ratio=1.259
new2=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits sigma_overall=0.576 worst_q_ratio=1.217
reference average sigma_overall=0.4825 worst_q_ratio=1.2775
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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056_astrometric_residuals.png (4778 matched stars from wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.45 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057_astrometric_residuals.png (4779 matched stars from wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486_astrometric_residuals.png (3938 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.52 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487_astrometric_residuals.png (3969 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.53 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 31542_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 31542_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:21.54 +29:29:38.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 17096_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 17096_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:17.09 +28:29:02.4 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 Aur-06-Q2b1x1 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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Image size: 941.3'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79 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 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07
Second-epoch image center 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0773 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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69 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 06:00:00.480 +29:59:52.07
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0785 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 06:00:20.874 +30:01:17.79
Second-epoch second image center 06:00:19.859 +30:02:00.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01247 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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UALVahJCkC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits &> /tmp/tmp.NnBqa41EUg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits &> /tmp/tmp.WOHQwIOoVC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qTHENQygEo
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 212828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5608 to 99.6889 deg, Dec +24.3185 to +35.3069 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 80.5608 to 99.6889 deg, Dec 24.3185 to 35.3069 deg
Loaded 17188 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): 9142 out of 14161 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14161 out of 212828 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.778800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.778800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 212828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5608 to 99.6889 deg, Dec +24.3185 to +35.3069 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 80.5608 to 99.6889 deg, Dec 24.3185 to 35.3069 deg
Loaded 17188 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): 9142 out of 14161 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14161 out of 212828 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (aperture=4.4)
Read 212641 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5698 to 99.6891 deg, Dec +24.3258 to +35.3145 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 80.5698 to 99.6891 deg, Dec 24.3258 to 35.3145 deg
Loaded 17176 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): 9258 out of 14259 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14259 out of 212641 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 63 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
1.9 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
2.1 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
2.1 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
15.5 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
13.4 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
13.4 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 13.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.UALVahJCkC (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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=61, blended=32425, bad_region=34270, passed=212766
Got 212766 stars (including 150203 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 212766 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4811 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4762 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4810 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4760 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4760 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186147 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 4760 stars left (next iteration limit 5237)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits N_match=4760 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.562 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=1332 n_q2=876 n_q3=1613 n_q4=939 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.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.NnBqa41EUg (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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=36, blended=32176, bad_region=34340, passed=212605
Got 212605 stars (including 150130 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 212605 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4807 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4762 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4762 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4762 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4807 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185900 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 4763 stars left (next iteration limit 5238)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits N_match=4763 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.459 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.573 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.383 n_q1=1324 n_q2=908 n_q3=1589 n_q4=942 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.250
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.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.WOHQwIOoVC (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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=2731, bad_region=8396, passed=53035
Got 53035 stars (including 42261 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 53035 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4778 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46927 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.50"
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4847 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46927 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46927 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Excluding outliers - 4780 stars left (next iteration limit 5253)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits N_match=4780 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.556 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.549 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.554 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.697 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.469 n_q1=1409 n_q2=933 n_q3=1553 n_q4=885 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.254
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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.qTHENQygEo (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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 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=2392, bad_region=8519, passed=53897
Got 53897 stars (including 43277 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 53897 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4780 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4779 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47606 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
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 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4851 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4785 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47606 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4784 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47606 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Excluding outliers - 4784 stars left (next iteration limit 5256)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits N_match=4784 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.565 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.563 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.514 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.712 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.476 n_q1=1414 n_q2=941 n_q3=1548 n_q4=881 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.261
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-17-48_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-07-28_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_061005_TTUQ2b1x1_2622562_BaluFiwp/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:51.74 +32:27:50.0: 13.09 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:53:52.40 +31:29:24.8: 13.53 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:32.61 +27:12:03.3: 13.21 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:46:09.16 +29:19:18.0: 12.35 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:51.74 +32:27:50.0: 12.99 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:53:39.00 +26:01:02.8: 12.87 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.03 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:06:51.74 +32:27:50.0: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.8920 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:57:14.23 +31:03:11.0: 12.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:02:34.09 +31:15:17.6: 12.70 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:10:49.39 +33:56:14.0: 12.65 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:32.61 +27:12:03.3: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:53:52.40 +31:29:24.8: 13.54 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.16 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:06:32.61 +27:12:03.3: ref_mag=13.16 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1475 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.54 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:53:52.40 +31:29:24.8: ref_mag=13.54 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0514 delta=0.48 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:02:34.09 +31:15:17.6: 12.80 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.74 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:02:34.09 +31:15:17.6: ref_mag=12.74 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6403 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:53:39.00 +26:01:02.8: 12.88 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:58:07.13 +29:37:13.9: 12.18 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:10:49.39 +33:56:14.0: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.87 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:57:14.23 +31:03:11.0: 12.56 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:53:39.00 +26:01:02.8: ref_mag=12.87 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5143 delta=0.36 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.52 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:57:14.23 +31:03:11.0: ref_mag=12.52 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5652 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.64 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:10:49.39 +33:56:14.0: ref_mag=12.64 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6738 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:46:09.16 +29:19:18.0: 12.40 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.38 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:46:09.16 +29:19:18.0: ref_mag=12.38 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5700 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:52:15.96 +32:30:12.1: 11.75 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:58:07.13 +29:37:13.9: 12.25 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.21 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:58:07.13 +29:37:13.9: ref_mag=12.21 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3068 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:52:15.96 +32:30:12.1: 11.74 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.74 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:52:15.96 +32:30:12.1: ref_mag=11.74 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=11.8220 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4: 15.04 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4: 14.89 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.96 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 05:55:41.73 +31:27:40.4: ref_mag=14.96 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=12.4639 delta=2.49 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:10.24 +29:05:48.5: 13.19 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:59:37.66 +31:28:42.9: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:10.24 +29:05:48.5: 13.18 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.18 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:06:10.24 +29:05:48.5: ref_mag=13.18 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9627 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:59:37.66 +31:28:42.9: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:51:40.71 +32:22:09.9: 11.22 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:51:40.71 +32:22:09.9: 11.20 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.21 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:51:40.71 +32:22:09.9: ref_mag=11.21 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.3419 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 239237_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239237_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:04.83 +29:12:22.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239243_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239243_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239246_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239246_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239248_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239248_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:09:36.94 +30:37:41.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239249_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239249_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:11.35 +29:12:32.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239256_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239256_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:17:13.23 +28:53:25.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239270_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239270_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:12:00.82 +30:49:56.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239271_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239271_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239277_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239277_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:12.65 +29:06:33.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239281_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239281_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:02:02.29 +29:00:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239282_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239282_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:07:53.56 +32:49:11.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239283_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239283_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239288_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239288_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239290_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239290_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239294_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239294_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239298_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239298_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:56:13.97 +29:52:32.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239299_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239299_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239303_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239303_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:07:38.46 +29:55:09.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239304_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239304_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239308_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239308_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:28.90 +27:18:46.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239317_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239317_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239321_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239321_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:14.56 +32:34:51.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239325_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 239325_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:21.54 +29:29:38.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 241296_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 241296_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:42:12.29 +32:03:13.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 241830_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 241830_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:51:00.44 +27:56:30.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 241995_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 241995_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:52.60 +27:35:10.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 242034_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 242034_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:16.25 +32:35:32.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 242547_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 242547_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:09:27.63 +28:29:44.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 242715_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 242715_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:58:01.84 +25:55:16.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243201_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243201_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:12:10.48 +32:41:29.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243380_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243380_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:23.33 +28:38:32.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243581_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243581_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:05:03.63 +26:04:37.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243758_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243758_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:58:51.97 +29:59:33.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243918_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243918_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:03:15.60 +31:22:55.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243951_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 243951_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:11.68 +32:30:21.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244102_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 244102_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 244162_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244162_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:10:59.63 +26:00:21.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244190_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244190_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:01:20.87 +32:38:55.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244349_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244349_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:06:18.80 +29:32:45.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244592_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244592_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:06:57.01 +26:41:00.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244630_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244630_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:14:01.41 +33:16:06.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244874_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244874_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:47:19.30 +31:39:30.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244895_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 244895_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:24.63 +28:37:27.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245030_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245030_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:08:32.01 +27:49:35.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245122_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245122_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:03:07.35 +31:03:52.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245568_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245568_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:15:11.95 +29:29:00.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245727_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245727_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (13.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 245743_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245743_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:06:16.08 +32:18:06.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245913_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 245913_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 246166_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 246166_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:14.14 +33:06:40.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 246216_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 246216_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 246479_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 246479_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:02:49.16 +32:38:50.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 246649_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 246649_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:11:48.55 +31:10:21.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 246904_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 246904_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:51:15.09 +32:06:47.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 247615_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 247615_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:01:27.19 +29:36:12.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 107520_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 107520_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:28.62 +29:51:03.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 115105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 115105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:49:47.49 +29:32:53.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 156560_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 156560_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:40:49.20 +27:36:16.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 56703_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 56703_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:57:14.77 +32:22:39.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 226285_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 226285_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 88249_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 88249_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:56:48.37 +30:50:08.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 137469_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 137469_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:17.02 +28:29:02.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 158400_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 158400_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_05-18-49_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks