This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG
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 28.4612 2461249.9613 12.16 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1
220.19217 -51.31424 galactic For Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 7.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 3" U For
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
9.000 V < 15.300 V 2440202.00000 318.500000000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1: 14.04 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1: 13.85 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.06
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 28.4612* 03 44 30.71 -25 13 44.1 12.2 U For 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
U For,2461249.9613,12.16,0.05,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
U For 20260728.4612 12.16CV 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 28.4612 2461249.9613 8.08 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0
219.26878 -48.66635 galactic Eri Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 7.9 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" T Eri
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
7.200 V 13.200 V 2442079.00000 252.290000000000 M3e-M5e
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0: 9.92 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0: 9.96 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.94 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 28.4612* 03 55 13.86 -24 01 59.0 8.1 U Eri 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
T Eri,2461249.9613,8.08,0.05,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
T Eri 20260728.4612 8.08CV 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: 2461058.63068376 18.01.2026 03:08:01.077 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
First image: 2461058.63068376 18.01.2026 03:08:01.077 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Last image: 2461249.96155765 28.07.2026 11:04:28.581 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.05
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: 5 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): 3933
Objects passed selection criteria: 3916
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: 2451
Average stars matched: 2294.75 (93.6251 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 237572 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 06:43:51 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: 2461058.63068376 18.01.2026 03:08:01.077 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
First image: 2461058.63068376 18.01.2026 03:08:01.077 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Last image: 2461249.96155765 28.07.2026 11:04:28.581 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 4
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.75
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: 15 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): 24478
Objects passed selection criteria: 24401
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.5 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.5 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 16102
Average stars matched: 15016 (93.2555 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 248816 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 06:46:06 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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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: 2461249.96094241
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
'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits'
wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits'
wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits'
wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90 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 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13
Second-epoch image center 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0432 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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Image size: 939.4'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64 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 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13
Second-epoch image center 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0404 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 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90
Second-epoch second image center 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01261 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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DFBSV7Wv0k
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits &> /tmp/tmp.BUinFltBWt
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eBwUnS200v
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits &> /tmp/tmp.l83f3My5H5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 4897 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.7176 to 66.8976 deg, Dec -31.3421 to -20.3309 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.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 48.7176 to 66.8976 deg, Dec -31.3421 to -20.3309 deg
Loaded 6070 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): 3913 out of 4044 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4044 out of 4897 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.754900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.754900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.05
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.70
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 4897 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.7176 to 66.8976 deg, Dec -31.3421 to -20.3309 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 48.7176 to 66.8976 deg, Dec -31.3421 to -20.3309 deg
Loaded 6070 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): 3913 out of 4044 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4044 out of 4897 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 5118 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.7175 to 66.8974 deg, Dec -31.3420 to -20.3067 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 48.7175 to 66.8974 deg, Dec -31.3420 to -20.3067 deg
Loaded 6079 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): 4025 out of 4157 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4157 out of 5118 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
2.1 pix Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
2.2 pix fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
2.3 pix fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.7 mag. Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
14.8 mag. Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
12.8 mag. fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
12.8 mag. fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.8 (SNR ) 10.1 (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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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=402, bad_region=1096, passed=4897
Got 4897 stars (including 3504 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4897 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3426 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3426 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3426 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3426 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4007 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3427 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3426 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4007 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3426 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4007 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 3426 stars left (next iteration limit 3768)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=3426 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.261 n_q1=1084 n_q2=588 n_q3=1153 n_q4=601 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.158
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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=394, bad_region=1107, passed=5118
Got 5118 stars (including 3698 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5118 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3608 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3606 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3606 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3606 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4225 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3609 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3607 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4225 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3607 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4225 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 3607 stars left (next iteration limit 3966)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits N_match=3607 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.269 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.239 n_q1=1122 n_q2=611 n_q3=1235 n_q4=639 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.189
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -region wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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.eBwUnS200v (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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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=194, bad_region=275, passed=1325
Got 1325 stars (including 881 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1325 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 852 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 843 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1067 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 852 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1067 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 851 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1067 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Excluding outliers - 851 stars left (next iteration limit 936)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=851 robust_rms=6.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.513 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=851 robust_rms=0.533 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.591 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=851 robust_rms_before=1.222 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.473 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.533 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.547 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.591
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.547 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits N_match=851 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.488 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.468 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.576 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.475 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.472 n_q1=264 n_q2=151 n_q3=264 n_q4=172 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.180
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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.l83f3My5H5 (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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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=207, bad_region=266, passed=1264
Got 1264 stars (including 815 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1264 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013047 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010438 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 791 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 790 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 782 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 790 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1014 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 791 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 790 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1012 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 790 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1012 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 790 stars left (next iteration limit 869)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=790 robust_rms=6.671 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.507 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=790 robust_rms=0.577 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.646 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=790 robust_rms_before=1.273 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.512 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.577 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.627 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.646
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.627 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits N_match=790 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.515 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.652 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.550 n_q1=237 n_q2=142 n_q3=248 n_q4=163 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.266
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits sigma_overall=0.291 worst_q_ratio=1.158
ref2=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits sigma_overall=0.281 worst_q_ratio=1.189
new1=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits sigma_overall=0.488 worst_q_ratio=1.180
new2=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits sigma_overall=0.515 worst_q_ratio=1.266
reference average sigma_overall=0.286 worst_q_ratio=1.1735
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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076_astrometric_residuals.png (3426 matched stars from wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083_astrometric_residuals.png (3607 matched stars from wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512_astrometric_residuals.png (851 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513_astrometric_residuals.png (790 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.47 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Eri-08-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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.5' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90 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 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13
Second-epoch image center 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0432 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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Image size: 939.4'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64 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 03:50:26.408 -26:00:02.13
Second-epoch image center 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0404 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 03:50:15.474 -26:00:51.90
Second-epoch second image center 03:50:17.643 -26:01:26.64
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01261 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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits &> /tmp/tmp.tJkF7xnqSB
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sO4qRFzSWd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits &> /tmp/tmp.08mNqe5tqv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits &> /tmp/tmp.24MIvHah9G
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits and wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 29187 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.6812 to 66.9255 deg, Dec -31.3496 to -20.2535 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 48.6812 to 66.9255 deg, Dec -31.3496 to -20.2535 deg
Loaded 6126 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): 4579 out of 4867 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4867 out of 29187 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.625200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.625200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.75
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.88
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 29187 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.6812 to 66.9255 deg, Dec -31.3496 to -20.2535 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 48.6812 to 66.9255 deg, Dec -31.3496 to -20.2535 deg
Loaded 6126 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): 4579 out of 4867 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4867 out of 29187 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 29963 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 48.6827 to 66.9261 deg, Dec -31.3576 to -20.2730 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 48.6827 to 66.9261 deg, Dec -31.3576 to -20.2730 deg
Loaded 6122 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): 4597 out of 4870 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4870 out of 29963 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
2.0 pix Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
2.1 pix fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
2.1 pix fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
1.9 pix wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
14.9 mag. Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
13.2 mag. fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
13.1 mag. fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.1 (SNR ) 12.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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=9, blended=1074, bad_region=5065, passed=29178
Got 29178 stars (including 23233 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29178 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4888 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.3 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25217 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4888 stars left (next iteration limit 5376)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits N_match=4888 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.273 n_q1=1622 n_q2=827 n_q3=1626 n_q4=813 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.172
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits -region wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.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.sO4qRFzSWd (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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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=3, blended=1000, bad_region=5175, passed=29960
Got 29960 stars (including 23939 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29960 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25930 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 293 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25930 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25930 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5377)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.266 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.263 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.246 n_q1=1633 n_q2=835 n_q3=1608 n_q4=814 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.168
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -region wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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.08mNqe5tqv (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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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=315, bad_region=1387, passed=9454
Got 9454 stars (including 7789 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9454 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8435 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4879 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8435 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8435 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Excluding outliers - 4874 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits N_match=4874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.606 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.571 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.714 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.615 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.580 n_q1=1536 n_q2=809 n_q3=1567 n_q4=962 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.177
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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.24MIvHah9G (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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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=1, blended=301, bad_region=1311, passed=9153
Got 9153 stars (including 7570 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9153 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013047 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010438 (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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4885 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8175 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8175 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8175 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 4884 stars left (next iteration limit 5369)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits N_match=4884 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.612 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.595 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.694 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.610 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.595 n_q1=1523 n_q2=819 n_q3=1570 n_q4=972 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.134
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-28_CI_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-03-35_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0512.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.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_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_064009_TTUQ2b1x1_3750561_HeY67oHG/wcs_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 03:43:27.34 -29:30:29.7: 11.25 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1: 14.04 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-08-01_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0076.fits at 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0: 9.92 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 03:43:27.34 -29:30:29.7: 11.27 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.26 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:43:27.34 -29:30:29.7: ref_mag=11.26 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.4505 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1: 13.85 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.92 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 03:44:30.71 -25:13:44.1: ref_mag=13.92 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=12.1459 delta=1.77 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_20-44-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0: 9.96 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.94 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 03:55:13.86 -24:01:59.0: ref_mag=9.94 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=8.0783 delta=1.86 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out09378.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out12992.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 32100_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513
The candidate 32100_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32990_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513
The candidate 32990_fd_Eri-08-Q2b1x1_2026-07-28_06-04-28_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0513 did not pass the final checks