This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW
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 29.3333 2461250.8333 11.97 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8
131.89356 -46.63884 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 9.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.6925 Susumu 144 -510 530 17.4 0 0
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.97 is 5.4 mag brighter than the predicted asteroid brightness 17.4 - the transient may be an unrelated new object!
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8: 13.02 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.01 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461250.8333,11.97,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260729.3333 11.97CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 11.40 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3
150.19943 -44.81077 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.9" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77183040505866368 | 02:09:40.82 +13:52:44.6 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F9 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.413+/-0.025 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3: 12.68 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3: 12.69 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.69 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 09 40.77 +13 52 43.3 11.4 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77183040505866368,2461250.8333,11.40,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77183040505866368 20260729.3333 11.40CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 11.49 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3
150.21937 -44.58991 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.2" and 9.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | target | 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3 (user input) | T | P | (position from user input) J-Ks=0.477+/-0.028 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3: 12.67 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 10 06.91 +14 04 23.3 11.5 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
target,2461250.8333,11.49,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
target 20260729.3333 11.49CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 11.45 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6
150.49116 -44.59000 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.1" and 9.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77187816509490560 | 02:10:50.24 +13:59:29.8 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.420+/-0.030 (G)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6: 12.57 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6: 12.58 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.58 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 10 50.30 +13 59 28.6 11.4 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77187816509490560,2461250.8333,11.45,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77187816509490560 20260729.3333 11.45CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 11.13 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9
152.58727 -43.45305 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 9.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.2281 Biela 41 -428 429 17.5 0 0
ATTENTION: measured mag 11.13 is 6.4 mag brighter than the predicted asteroid brightness 17.5 - the transient may be an unrelated new object!
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9: 12.16 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.14 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 18 29.10 +14 20 59.9 11.1 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461250.8333,11.13,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260729.3333 11.13CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.89 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7
150.31019 -44.92427 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 9.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77154586347376384 | 02:09:46.58 +13:44:33.0 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: G5 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.831+/-0.026 (M)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7: 11.99 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7: 11.99 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.99 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 09 46.57 +13 44 33.7 10.9 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77154586347376384,2461250.8333,10.89,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77154586347376384 20260729.3333 10.89CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.96 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6
150.63071 -44.48032 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 9.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77282752466664064 | 02:11:24.11 +14:02:54.5 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.646+/-0.029 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6: 11.96 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6: 11.98 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.97 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 11 24.11 +14 02 53.6 11.0 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77282752466664064,2461250.8333,10.96,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77282752466664064 20260729.3333 10.96CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.81 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6
150.35409 -45.05599 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 9.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77139472357631872 | 02:09:39.83 +13:36:31.9 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: F9 (LAMOST DR5)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6: 11.97 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6: 11.95 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.96 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 09 39.81 +13 36 36.6 10.8 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77139472357631872,2461250.8333,10.81,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77139472357631872 20260729.3333 10.81CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.97 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9
150.37719 -44.54079 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77193451506578688 | 02:10:37.24 +14:04:14.0 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.757+/-0.027 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9: 11.87 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9: 11.93 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.89 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 10 37.26 +14 04 12.9 11.0 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77193451506578688,2461250.8333,10.97,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77193451506578688 20260729.3333 10.97CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.76 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6
150.41471 -44.80708 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 9.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | ATO J032.5687+13.8167 | 02:10:15.40 +13:49:03.6 (Gaia DR3) | dubious (ATLAS) | (ATLAS) | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.311+/-0.028 (F)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6: 11.81 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.83 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 10 15.39 +13 49 03.6 10.8 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ATO J032.5687+13.8167,2461250.8333,10.76,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ATO J032.5687+13.8167 20260729.3333 10.76CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.66 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0
150.13390 -44.99539 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77155999391780992 | 02:09:11.18 +13:43:50.8 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: G8 (LAMOST DR5) J-Ks=0.564+/-0.027 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0: 11.66 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0: 11.66 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.66 +/- 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 29.3333* 02 09 11.22 +13 43 50.0 10.7 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77155999391780992,2461250.8333,10.66,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77155999391780992 20260729.3333 10.66CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.64 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5
152.51956 -43.50441 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 9.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.2281 Biela -201 -512 550 17.5 0 0
ATTENTION: measured mag 10.64 is 6.9 mag brighter than the predicted asteroid brightness 17.5 - the transient may be an unrelated new object!
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5: 11.57 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5: 11.60 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.58 +/- 0.01
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 29.3333* 02 18 12.48 +14 19 35.5 10.6 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461250.8333,10.64,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260729.3333 10.64CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.58 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6
150.17305 -44.59591 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 9.5 pix
The object was found in VSX 0" ASAS J020959+1404.8
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.530 V Y 0.070 V 2452654.00000 8.472767000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6: 11.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6: 11.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.49 +/- 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 29.3333* 02 09 58.88 +14 04 53.6 10.6 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J020959+1404.8,2461250.8333,10.58,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ASAS J020959+1404.8 20260729.3333 10.58CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 10.34 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9
150.22226 -45.30565 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 9.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77130087853458304 | 02:08:53.12 +13:25:22.7 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE J-Ks=0.495+/-0.028 (K)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9: 11.34 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9: 11.33 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.33 +/- 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 29.3333* 02 08 53.08 +13 25 21.9 10.3 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77130087853458304,2461250.8333,10.34,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77130087853458304 20260729.3333 10.34CV 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 29.3333 2461250.8333 9.58 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3
150.27766 -45.17085 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 9.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was not found in astcheck.
online_id | Gaia DR3 77132772208655232 | 02:09:15.80 +13:31:43.5 (Gaia DR3) | T | P | Gaia3var=NOT_AVAILABLE SpType: K5 1947AnDea...5....1L DO 393 J-Ks=1.076+/-0.030 (M)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3: 10.52 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3: 10.51 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.52 +/- 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 29.3333* 02 09 15.79 +13 31 43.3 9.6 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 77132772208655232,2461250.8333,9.58,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
Gaia DR3 77132772208655232 20260729.3333 9.58CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461032.69490819 23.12.2025 04:40:30.068 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
First image: 2461032.69490819 23.12.2025 04:40:30.068 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Last image: 2461250.83363100 29.07.2026 08:00:15.718 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
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: 3 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): 6568
Objects passed selection criteria: 6531
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.1 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3722
Average stars matched: 3704 (99.5164 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 233216 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 28 18:39:20 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-184-g1e68672b
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 Wed Jul 29 05:02:50 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461032.69490819 23.12.2025 04:40:30.068 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
First image: 2461032.69490819 23.12.2025 04:40:30.068 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Last image: 2461250.83363100 29.07.2026 08:00:15.718 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 16
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.34
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 8 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 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): 34662
Objects passed selection criteria: 34527
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 20499.2
Average stars matched: 20204.2 (98.5609 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 259120 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Tue Jul 28 18:39:20 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-184-g1e68672b
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 Wed Jul 29 05:06:14 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.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: 2461250.83295421
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits'
wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits'
wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70 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 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80
Second-epoch image center 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0875 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31 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 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80
Second-epoch image center 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0993 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 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70
Second-epoch second image center 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01518 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits &> /tmp/tmp.uMxsxPDgxi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.toEhg2cqxG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TEkXKSpef4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fMnXmNrQoX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7679 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3971 to 34.9280 deg, Dec +8.6500 to +19.2744 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 18.3971 to 34.9280 deg, Dec 8.6500 to 19.2744 deg
Loaded 4730 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): 3854 out of 4067 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4067 out of 7679 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.950000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.950000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.57
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7679 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3971 to 34.9280 deg, Dec +8.6500 to +19.2744 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 18.3971 to 34.9280 deg, Dec 8.6500 to 19.2744 deg
Loaded 4730 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): 3854 out of 4067 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4067 out of 7679 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 6663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.4568 to 34.9561 deg, Dec +8.6500 to +19.2743 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 18.4568 to 34.9561 deg, Dec 8.6500 to 19.2743 deg
Loaded 4716 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): 3860 out of 4017 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4017 out of 6663 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ 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 Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
2.2 pix Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
3.1 pix fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
3.0 pix fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
2.2 pix wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
15.1 mag. Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
12.8 mag. fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
12.5 mag. fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.5 (SNR ) 9.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.uMxsxPDgxi (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=549, bad_region=0, passed=7679
Got 7679 stars (including 7121 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7679 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4872 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7679 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7679 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4872 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7679 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.22"
Excluding outliers - 4872 stars left (next iteration limit 5359)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits N_match=4872 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.244 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.228 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.218 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.208 n_q1=1260 n_q2=1216 n_q3=1199 n_q4=1197 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.332
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits -region wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.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.toEhg2cqxG (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=444, bad_region=0, passed=6663
Got 6663 stars (including 6203 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6663 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4874 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4870 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6663 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4874 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6663 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6663 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 4870 stars left (next iteration limit 5357)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=4870 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.257 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.240 n_q1=1269 n_q2=1221 n_q3=1193 n_q4=1187 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.171
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.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.TEkXKSpef4 (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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=46, bad_region=0, passed=359
Got 359 stars (including 313 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 359 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 296 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 295 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 220 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 295 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 264 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 491 to 549 (Dec 8.4 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 295 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 294 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 269 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 294 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 269 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 294 stars left (next iteration limit 324)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=294 robust_rms=6.122 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=35.258 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=294 robust_rms=0.354 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.415 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=294 robust_rms_before=1.018 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.433 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.354 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.559 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.415
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Image size: 941.5'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:01.484 +13:59:56.91 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
### Converted positions of 359 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1369204.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 3, robust RMS 1.018 -> 0.354 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits N_match=294 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.518 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.399 n_q1=110 n_q2=29 n_q3=114 n_q4=41 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.345
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.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.fMnXmNrQoX (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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=42, bad_region=0, passed=282
Got 282 stars (including 240 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 282 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 492 to 549 (Dec 8.6 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 225 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 224 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 150 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 224 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 187 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 549 (Dec 8.6 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 225 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 224 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 224 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 224 stars left (next iteration limit 246)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=224 robust_rms=8.043 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=26.288 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=224 robust_rms=0.403 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.494 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=224 robust_rms_before=1.032 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.443 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.403 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.724 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.494
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Image size: 941.6'x626.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:04.388 +14:00:31.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
### Converted positions of 282 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky1369196.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 3, robust RMS 1.032 -> 0.403 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits N_match=224 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.388 n_q1=73 n_q2=20 n_q3=99 n_q4=32 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.044
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits sigma_overall=0.244 worst_q_ratio=1.332
ref2=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits sigma_overall=0.276 worst_q_ratio=1.171
new1=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits sigma_overall=0.385 worst_q_ratio=1.345
new2=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits sigma_overall=0.465 worst_q_ratio=1.044
reference average sigma_overall=0.26 worst_q_ratio=1.2515
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188_astrometric_residuals.png (4872 matched stars from wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.21 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136_astrometric_residuals.png (4870 matched stars from wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.24 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350_astrometric_residuals.png (294 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351_astrometric_residuals.png (224 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70 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 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80
Second-epoch image center 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0875 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Image size: 941.6'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31 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 01:46:39.828 +14:00:12.80
Second-epoch image center 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0993 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 01:47:01.447 +13:59:57.70
Second-epoch second image center 01:47:04.353 +14:00:32.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01518 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AZDMJwkQGj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits &> /tmp/tmp.CgLpfSlKtC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits &> /tmp/tmp.K6cYdAcpuT
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits &> /tmp/tmp.elTZz6Z7k6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits and wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 40639 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3971 to 34.9782 deg, Dec +8.6329 to +19.2915 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 18.3971 to 34.9782 deg, Dec 8.6329 to 19.2915 deg
Loaded 4751 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): 3680 out of 4108 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4108 out of 40639 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.860200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.860200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.34
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.52
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.52
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 40639 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.3971 to 34.9782 deg, Dec +8.6329 to +19.2915 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.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 18.3971 to 34.9782 deg, Dec 8.6329 to 19.2915 deg
Loaded 4751 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): 3680 out of 4108 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4108 out of 40639 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 35714 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.4024 to 35.0127 deg, Dec +8.5911 to +19.2852 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 18.4024 to 35.0127 deg, Dec 8.5911 to 19.2852 deg
Loaded 4781 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): 3749 out of 4114 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4114 out of 35714 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits (aperture=5.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 16 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
2.1 pix Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
2.8 pix fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
2.9 pix fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
2.0 pix wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
2.1 pix wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
15.3 mag. Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
12.1 mag. fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
12.2 mag. fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.1 (SNR ) 11.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.AZDMJwkQGj (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=1873, bad_region=4, passed=40626
Got 40626 stars (including 38681 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40626 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4878 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 40626 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Excluding outliers - 4878 stars left (next iteration limit 5365)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits N_match=4878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.238 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.221 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.218 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.207 n_q1=1241 n_q2=1253 n_q3=1190 n_q4=1194 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.308
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits -region wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.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.CgLpfSlKtC (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=17, blended=1567, bad_region=1, passed=35697
Got 35697 stars (including 34066 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35697 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (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 0.010464 (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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4886 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35697 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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4886 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(), 35697 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35697 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 4884 stars left (next iteration limit 5372)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits N_match=4884 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.260 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.251 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.239 n_q1=1253 n_q2=1247 n_q3=1196 n_q4=1188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.208
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits -region wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.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.K6cYdAcpuT (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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=97, bad_region=1, passed=3443
Got 3443 stars (including 3335 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3443 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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3174 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3166 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3150 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.93"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3166 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3424 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.93"
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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3175 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3168 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3424 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.98"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3168 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3424 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.98"
Excluding outliers - 3168 stars left (next iteration limit 3482)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits N_match=3168 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.872 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.914 sigma_q2_arcsec=1.029 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.817 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.881 n_q1=952 n_q2=352 n_q3=1413 n_q4=451 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.179
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.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.elTZz6Z7k6 (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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=76, bad_region=1, passed=2794
Got 2794 stars (including 2711 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2794 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 492 to 549 (Dec 8.5 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2584 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2580 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2564 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.92"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2580 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2772 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.92"
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 492 to 549 (Dec 8.5 to 19.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2584 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2579 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2771 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.97"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2579 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2771 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.97"
Excluding outliers - 2579 stars left (next iteration limit 2838)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits N_match=2579 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.882 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.918 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.938 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.798 sigma_q4_arcsec=1.030 n_q1=725 n_q2=244 n_q3=1196 n_q4=414 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.168
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_02-59-17_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0350.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.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_2026-07-29_CI_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_032218_TTUQ1b1x1_2121987_pkVZBLBW/wcs_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-03-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8: 13.02 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3: 12.68 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7: 11.99 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6: 12.57 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9: 11.87 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6: 11.97 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6: 11.96 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7: 11.99 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6: 11.98 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3: 12.67 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9: 12.16 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8: 13.00 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6: 12.58 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6: 11.95 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3: 12.69 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9: 11.93 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.97 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.99 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:11:24.11 +14:02:53.6: ref_mag=11.97 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9343 delta=1.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:46.57 +13:44:33.7: ref_mag=11.99 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.8283 delta=1.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.65 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.14 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.01 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.96 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.58 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:10:06.91 +14:04:23.3: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.4899 delta=1.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.89 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:18:29.10 +14:20:59.9: ref_mag=12.14 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.0679 delta=1.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.69 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 01:16:57.81 +15:47:17.8: ref_mag=13.01 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.9702 delta=1.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:10:50.30 +13:59:28.6: ref_mag=12.58 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.4314 delta=1.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:39.81 +13:36:36.6: ref_mag=11.96 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.8127 delta=1.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:10:37.26 +14:04:12.9: ref_mag=11.89 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.9498 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:40.77 +13:52:43.3: ref_mag=12.69 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.4000 delta=1.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6: 11.81 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.83 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:10:15.39 +13:49:03.6: ref_mag=11.83 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.7407 delta=1.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0: 11.66 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0: 11.66 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.66 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:11.22 +13:43:50.0: ref_mag=11.66 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.6385 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5: 11.57 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5: 11.60 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.58 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:18:12.48 +14:19:35.5: ref_mag=11.58 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.5654 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6: 11.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6: 11.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.49 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:58.88 +14:04:53.6: ref_mag=11.49 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.5463 delta=0.95 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9: 11.34 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9: 11.33 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.33 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:08:53.08 +13:25:21.9: ref_mag=11.33 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.3099 delta=1.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2025-12-22_22-40-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0188.fits at 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3: 10.52 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-01-17_22-10-15_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0136.fits at 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3: 10.51 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.52 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 02:09:15.79 +13:31:43.3: ref_mag=10.52 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.5776 delta=0.94 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 13930_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351
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Considering the candidate 31656_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351
The candidate 31656_fd_Psc-03-Q1b1x1_2026-07-29_03-00-15_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0351 did not pass the final checks
