This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK
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 30.3478 2461251.8478 11.96 00:01:02.88 -14:33:55.2
77.35569 -72.80827 galactic Cet 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 found in astcheck.23 Thalia 0 -0 0 12.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:01:02.88 -14:33:55.2: 14.33 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:01:02.88 -14:33:55.2: 14.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 30.3478* 00 01 02.88 -14 33 55.2 12.0 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461251.8478,11.96,0.05,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
VARIABLE_NAME 20260730.3478 11.96CV 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 30.3478 2461251.8478 12.61 23:54:08.89 -05:14:33.0
88.44770 -64.20844 galactic Aqr 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 found in astcheck.113 Amalthea -0 0 0 12.7 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:54:08.89 -05:14:33.0: 14.43 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:54:08.89 -05:14:33.0: 14.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461251.8478,12.61,0.05,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 20260730.3478 12.61CV 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 30.3478 2461251.8478 12.75 00:11:37.64 -10:06:38.8
92.17409 -70.56680 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" 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.118 Peitho -0 -0 0 13.0 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:11:37.64 -10:06:38.8: 14.45 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:11:37.64 -10:06:38.8: 14.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 30.3478* 00 11 37.64 -10 06 38.8 12.8 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461251.8478,12.75,0.05,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 20260730.3478 12.75CV 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 30.3478 2461251.8478 13.09 00:05:17.01 -14:32:37.4
80.11424 -73.44878 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" 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.259 Aletheia -1 -0 1 12.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:05:17.01 -14:32:37.4: 14.27 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:05:17.01 -14:32:37.4: 14.73 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 07 30.3478* 00 05 17.01 -14 32 37.4 13.1 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461251.8478,13.09,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260730.3478 13.09CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461191.93631795 31.05.2026 10:28:07.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
First image: 2461191.93631795 31.05.2026 10:28:07.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Last image: 2461251.84809311 30.07.2026 08:21:05.245 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.73
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: 2 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
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 2061
Objects passed selection criteria: 2061
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 2173.75
Average stars matched: 1891 (86.9925 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 229296 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Jul 29 18:03:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-187-gf9db235a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-29)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jul 30 03:38:43 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461191.93631795 31.05.2026 10:28:07.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
First image: 2461191.93631795 31.05.2026 10:28:07.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Last image: 2461251.84809311 30.07.2026 08:21:05.245 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 6
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.42
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 5 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 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
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 12909
Objects passed selection criteria: 12888
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 12654.2
Average stars matched: 11551 (91.2816 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 238540 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Jul 29 18:03:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-187-gf9db235a
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-07-29)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Thu Jul 30 03:39:19 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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: 2461251.84746034
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits'
wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.88"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Image size: 941.1'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: 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91 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 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53
Second-epoch image center 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0420 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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Image size: 941.1'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: 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63 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 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53
Second-epoch image center 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0551 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91
Second-epoch second image center 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01523 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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.3vkizguZjw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DAp5bEoIcy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6IK247vfW2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits &> /tmp/tmp.e5RdEmNX4H
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 1896 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0195 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2778 to -4.6540 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.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 352.0195 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2778 to -4.6540 deg
Loaded 4222 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): 1519 out of 1541 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 1541 out of 1896 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.417100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.417100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.73
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.69
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.69
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 1896 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0195 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2778 to -4.6540 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 352.0195 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2778 to -4.6540 deg
Loaded 4222 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): 1519 out of 1541 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 1541 out of 1896 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=6.7)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 2964 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.6382 to 8.1600 deg, Dec -15.5331 to -4.3611 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 351.6382 to 8.1600 deg, Dec -15.5331 to -4.3611 deg
Loaded 4519 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): 2424 out of 2445 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 2445 out of 2964 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits (aperture=6.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.5 pix Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
2.9 pix Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
2.7 pix fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
2.7 pix fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
13.7 mag. Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
14.1 mag. Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
13.7 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.7 (SNR ) 10.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.3vkizguZjw (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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=196, bad_region=0, passed=1896
Got 1896 stars (including 1700 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1896 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010430 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0195 through 0 to 8.1581, gap 8.1581 to 352.0195
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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1638 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1637 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1637 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1637 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1896 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0194 through 0 to 8.1585, gap 8.1585 to 352.0194
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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1638 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1636 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1896 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1636 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1896 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 1636 stars left (next iteration limit 1800)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=1636 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.396 n_q1=427 n_q2=409 n_q3=419 n_q4=381 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.089
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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.DAp5bEoIcy (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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=164, bad_region=0, passed=2964
Got 2964 stars (including 2800 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2964 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6382 through 0 to 8.1600, gap 8.1600 to 351.6382
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2719 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2717 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2717 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2717 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2964 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6375 through 0 to 8.1605, gap 8.1605 to 351.6375
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2720 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2718 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2964 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2718 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2964 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 2718 stars left (next iteration limit 2988)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits N_match=2718 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.248 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.234 n_q1=718 n_q2=627 n_q3=764 n_q4=609 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.252
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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.6IK247vfW2 (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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=193, bad_region=0, passed=1949
Got 1949 stars (including 1752 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1949 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6381 through 0 to 8.1459, gap 8.1459 to 351.6381
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1687 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1685 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1685 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1685 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6376 through 0 to 8.1463, gap 8.1463 to 351.6376
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1688 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1686 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1686 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 1686 stars left (next iteration limit 1853)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1686 robust_rms=12.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.790 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1686 robust_rms=0.382 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.399 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1686 robust_rms=0.291 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.322 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1686 robust_rms_before=1.042 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.288 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.291 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.348 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.322
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.348 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits N_match=1686 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.323 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.272 n_q1=461 n_q2=423 n_q3=437 n_q4=365 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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.e5RdEmNX4H (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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=194, bad_region=0, passed=1932
Got 1932 stars (including 1734 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1932 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7427 through 0 to 8.1460, gap 8.1460 to 351.7427
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1665 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1663 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1663 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1663 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1932 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7422 through 0 to 8.1463, gap 8.1463 to 351.7422
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1666 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1932 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1664 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1932 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 1664 stars left (next iteration limit 1829)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1664 robust_rms=12.172 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.234 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1664 robust_rms=0.404 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.416 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1664 robust_rms=0.306 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.318 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1664 robust_rms_before=1.044 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.300 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.306 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.336 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.318
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.336 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits N_match=1664 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.290 n_q1=437 n_q2=415 n_q3=436 n_q4=376 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits sigma_overall=0.407 worst_q_ratio=1.089
ref2=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits sigma_overall=0.280 worst_q_ratio=1.252
new1=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits sigma_overall=0.301 worst_q_ratio=1.082
new2=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits sigma_overall=0.310 worst_q_ratio=1.082
reference average sigma_overall=0.3435 worst_q_ratio=1.1705
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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425_astrometric_residuals.png (1636 matched stars from wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388_astrometric_residuals.png (2718 matched stars from wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368_astrometric_residuals.png (1686 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369_astrometric_residuals.png (1664 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 21127_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 21127_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 00:19:24.40 -08:51:11.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-05-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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Image size: 938.7'x624.6' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.88"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.88"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Image size: 941.1'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: 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91 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 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53
Second-epoch image center 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0420 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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Image size: 941.1'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: 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63 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 00:00:05.068 -10:00:31.53
Second-epoch image center 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0551 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 00:00:08.294 -09:58:07.91
Second-epoch second image center 00:00:11.293 -09:57:35.63
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01523 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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FymEs07TG2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5SuwQsD11z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits &> /tmp/tmp.f7fun73VOG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits &> /tmp/tmp.yvbdJt2el4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 12067 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.9970 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2876 to -4.6411 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 351.9970 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2876 to -4.6411 deg
Loaded 4235 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): 3551 out of 3633 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3633 out of 12067 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.224100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.224100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.42
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.80
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.80
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 12067 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.9970 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2876 to -4.6411 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 351.9970 to 8.1581 deg, Dec -15.2876 to -4.6411 deg
Loaded 4235 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): 3551 out of 3633 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3633 out of 12067 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=5.0)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 15752 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.6382 to 8.1600 deg, Dec -15.5533 to -4.2658 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 351.6382 to 8.1600 deg, Dec -15.5533 to -4.2658 deg
Loaded 4569 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): 3571 out of 3656 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3656 out of 15752 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits (aperture=5.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 6 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
2.7 pix Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
2.5 pix fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
2.5 pix fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
13.8 mag. Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
14.2 mag. Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 13.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.FymEs07TG2 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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=343, bad_region=0, passed=12062
Got 12062 stars (including 11705 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12062 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 938.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 938.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013038 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010430 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.9970 through 0 to 8.1581, gap 8.1581 to 351.9970
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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4867 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.9968 through 0 to 8.1584, gap 8.1584 to 351.9968
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 373 to 428 (Dec -15.3 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4872 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Excluding outliers - 4865 stars left (next iteration limit 5352)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=4865 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.463 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.439 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.574 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.445 n_q1=1241 n_q2=1194 n_q3=1177 n_q4=1253 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.220
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.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.5SuwQsD11z (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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=2, blended=467, bad_region=2, passed=15750
Got 15750 stars (including 15264 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15750 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6382 through 0 to 8.1600, gap 8.1600 to 351.6382
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4865 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4864 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15750 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6375 through 0 to 8.1604, gap 8.1604 to 351.6375
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4871 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15750 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4865 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15750 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 4865 stars left (next iteration limit 5350)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits N_match=4865 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.280 n_q1=1210 n_q2=1103 n_q3=1371 n_q4=1181 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.205
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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.f7fun73VOG (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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=2, blended=317, bad_region=0, passed=11530
Got 11530 stars (including 11196 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11530 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6382 through 0 to 8.1599, gap 8.1599 to 351.6382
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4865 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4861 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11530 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6376 through 0 to 8.1605, gap 8.1605 to 351.6376
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4865 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11530 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4861 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11530 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 4861 stars left (next iteration limit 5347)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits N_match=4861 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.409 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=1236 n_q2=1105 n_q3=1369 n_q4=1151 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.136
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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.yvbdJt2el4 (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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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=2, blended=320, bad_region=0, passed=11669
Got 11669 stars (including 11330 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11669 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7267 through 0 to 8.1986, gap 8.1986 to 351.7267
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4860 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11669 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.7263 through 0 to 8.1992, gap 8.1992 to 351.7263
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11669 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 11669 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 4860 stars left (next iteration limit 5346)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits N_match=4860 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.364 n_q1=1240 n_q2=1110 n_q3=1361 n_q4=1149 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-20-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0368.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.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_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_033627_TTUQ1b1x1_1320949_YBlBrlhK/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:11:37.64 -10:06:38.8: 14.45 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:05:17.01 -14:32:37.4: 14.27 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:54:08.89 -05:14:33.0: 14.43 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:01:02.88 -14:33:55.2: 14.33 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:11:37.64 -10:06:38.8: 14.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:01:02.88 -14:33:55.2: 14.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:54:08.89 -05:14:33.0: 14.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:05:17.01 -14:32:37.4: 14.73 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out24248.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out24255.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out24271.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out24281.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 24231_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 24231_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 24248_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
Preparing report for the candidate 24248_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
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Considering the candidate 24255_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
Preparing report for the candidate 24255_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
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Considering the candidate 24257_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369
The candidate 24257_fd_Cet-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-30_03-21-05_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0369 did not pass the final checks