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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd
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 30.3541 2461251.8541 12.96 00:11:37.61 -10:06:39.7
92.17342 -70.56697 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 8.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.118 Peitho -1 -0 1 13.0 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:11:37.61 -10:06:39.7: 14.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:11:37.61 -10:06:39.7: 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 30.3541* 00 11 37.61 -10 06 39.7 13.0 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,2461251.8541,12.96,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260730.3541 12.96CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 07 30.3541 2461251.8541 13.39 23:45:31.85 -07:54:36.8
80.80512 -65.24040 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.7" and 8.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.530 Turandot -1 0 1 13.4 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:45:31.85 -07:54:36.8: 14.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:45:31.85 -07:54:36.8: 14.79 +/- 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,2461251.8541,13.39,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260730.3541 13.39CV 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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Last image: 2461251.85432559 30.07.2026 08:30:03.731 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.75
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 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): 1544
Objects passed selection criteria: 1544
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: 1639.5
Average stars matched: 1401 (85.4529 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 228884 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 03:46:17 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461191.93631795 31.05.2026 10:28:07.871 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Last image: 2461251.85432559 30.07.2026 08:30:03.731 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 16
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.40
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: 6 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): 10762
Objects passed selection criteria: 10740
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: 10617.5
Average stars matched: 9645.25 (90.8429 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 237636 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 03:46:52 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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: 2461251.85377530
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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits'
wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits'
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60 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 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1120 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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30 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 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0981 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 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01402 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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JGHN0Hl0cl
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UV0uQwkLi8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qwBdsp9Evr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bNLdKaHbVG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 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 22.425500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.425500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.75
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.68
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.68
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
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 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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=6.8)
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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.5 pix Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
2.9 pix Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
2.3 pix fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
2.3 pix fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
13.7 mag. Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
14.1 mag. Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 10.7 (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.JGHN0Hl0cl (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=196, bad_region=402, passed=1896
Got 1896 stars (including 1356 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 1302 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1301 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1301 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1301 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1555 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 352.0194 through 0 to 8.1587, gap 8.1587 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 1302 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1300 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1555 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1300 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1555 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 1300 stars left (next iteration limit 1431)
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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=1300 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.450 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=427 n_q2=240 n_q3=419 n_q4=214 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.159
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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.UV0uQwkLi8 (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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=164, bad_region=575, passed=2964
Got 2964 stars (including 2269 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 2201 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2199 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2199 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2199 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2490 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.6375 through 0 to 8.1603, gap 8.1603 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 2202 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2490 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2200 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2490 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 2200 stars left (next iteration limit 2418)
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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits N_match=2200 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.235 n_q1=718 n_q2=382 n_q3=764 n_q4=336 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.225
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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.qwBdsp9Evr (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=217, bad_region=374, passed=1730
Got 1730 stars (including 1173 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1730 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8782 through 0 to 7.9227, gap 7.9227 to 351.8782
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 -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1120 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1119 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1116 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1119 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1407 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8782 through 0 to 7.9230, gap 7.9230 to 351.8782
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 -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1120 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1118 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1407 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1118 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1406 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 1118 stars left (next iteration limit 1230)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1118 robust_rms=6.663 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.016 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1118 robust_rms=0.465 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.618 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1118 robust_rms=0.340 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.374 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1118 robust_rms_before=1.079 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.355 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.340 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.378 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.374
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.378 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits N_match=1118 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.316 n_q1=340 n_q2=221 n_q3=375 n_q4=182 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.117
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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.bNLdKaHbVG (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=218, bad_region=379, passed=1731
Got 1731 stars (including 1175 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1731 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8781 through 0 to 8.0030, gap 8.0030 to 351.8781
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 -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1123 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1122 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1121 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1122 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1406 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
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 351.8781 through 0 to 8.0032, gap 8.0032 to 351.8781
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 -15.2 to -4.7)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1123 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1121 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1406 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1121 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1405 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 1121 stars left (next iteration limit 1234)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1121 robust_rms=6.612 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.760 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1121 robust_rms=0.471 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.606 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1121 robust_rms=0.381 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.436 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1121 robust_rms_before=1.059 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.392 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.381 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.410 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.436
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.410 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits N_match=1121 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.405 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=357 n_q2=212 n_q3=369 n_q4=183 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.063
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits sigma_overall=0.389 worst_q_ratio=1.159
ref2=Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits sigma_overall=0.289 worst_q_ratio=1.225
new1=fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits sigma_overall=0.375 worst_q_ratio=1.117
new2=fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.063
reference average sigma_overall=0.339 worst_q_ratio=1.192
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425_astrometric_residuals.png (1300 matched stars from wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388_astrometric_residuals.png (2200 matched stars from wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384_astrometric_residuals.png (1118 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385_astrometric_residuals.png (1121 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.37 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cet-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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
###################################
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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60 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 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1120 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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30 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 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0981 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 23:59:40.667 -09:57:30.60
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:43.524 -09:57:58.30
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01402 deg.
###################################
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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8K1TsTeAjz
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lI2arRDhaa
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RjBjWK2JEx
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits &> /tmp/tmp.gqER4uZlSk
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits and wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 22.236300
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.236300
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -8.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.84
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 13.84
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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits (aperture=5.1)
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
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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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
2.7 pix Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
2.1 pix fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
2.1 pix fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
13.8 mag. Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
14.2 mag. Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
13.9 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
13.9 mag. fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 13.2 (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.8K1TsTeAjz (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=343, bad_region=2218, passed=12061
Got 12061 stars (including 9567 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12061 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 4844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4834 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4835 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4834 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.9968 through 0 to 8.1587, gap 8.1587 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 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4833 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4833 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Excluding outliers - 4833 stars left (next iteration limit 5317)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits N_match=4833 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.525 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.530 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.674 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.459 n_q1=1540 n_q2=915 n_q3=1483 n_q4=895 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.285
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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.lI2arRDhaa (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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits' -> 'wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=467, bad_region=2755, passed=15750
Got 15750 stars (including 12606 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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 4850 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4844 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13563 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
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 351.6374 through 0 to 8.1603, gap 8.1603 to 351.6374
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 4851 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13563 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4845 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13563 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4845 stars left (next iteration limit 5328)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits N_match=4845 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.298 n_q1=1472 n_q2=805 n_q3=1711 n_q4=857 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.215
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits -region wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_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-Q2b1x1_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.RjBjWK2JEx (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=387, bad_region=1984, passed=11944
Got 11944 stars (including 9643 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11944 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8782 through 0 to 8.0027, gap 8.0027 to 351.8782
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 -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4849 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4844 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4844 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10441 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 351.8782 through 0 to 8.0029, gap 8.0029 to 351.8782
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 -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4849 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4843 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Excluding outliers - 4843 stars left (next iteration limit 5328)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits N_match=4843 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.454 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.474 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.521 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.407 n_q1=1568 n_q2=838 n_q3=1591 n_q4=846 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.109
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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.gqER4uZlSk (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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=392, bad_region=2017, passed=12045
Got 12045 stars (including 9713 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12045 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8781 through 0 to 8.0029, gap 8.0029 to 351.8781
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 -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4837 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10520 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 351.8781 through 0 to 8.0031, gap 8.0031 to 351.8781
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 -15.2 to -4.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4836 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10520 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4836 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 10520 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 4836 stars left (next iteration limit 5320)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits N_match=4836 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.490 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.480 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.554 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.444 n_q1=1579 n_q2=829 n_q3=1577 n_q4=851 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-07-30_CI_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits -region wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-29-16_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0384.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.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-Q2b1x1_034407_TTUQ2b1x1_1439453_WPVwwHBd/wcs_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cet-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:10:28.07 -06:02:09.2: 12.55 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:45:31.85 -07:54:36.8: 14.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:43:36.23 -07:55:56.4: 11.84 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:05:54.08 -06:17:57.7: 11.29 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:57:51.44 -07:49:34.6: 12.51 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:14:03.34 -11:28:47.3: 11.63 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:32:08.75 -09:46:28.1: 12.68 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 00:11:37.61 -10:06:39.7: 14.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-31_05-28-07_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0425.fits at 23:56:47.13 -09:24:31.8: 12.54 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:32:08.75 -09:46:28.1: 12.60 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:43:36.23 -07:55:56.4: 11.93 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:56:47.13 -09:24:31.8: 12.61 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:14:03.34 -11:28:47.3: 11.78 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:05:54.08 -06:17:57.7: 11.15 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:11:37.61 -10:06:39.7: 14.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:57:51.44 -07:49:34.6: 12.71 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 23:45:31.85 -07:54:36.8: 14.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-09_05-22-57_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0388.fits at 00:10:28.07 -06:02:09.2: 12.78 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.63 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.90 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.18 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.63 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.59 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:32:08.75 -09:46:28.1: ref_mag=12.63 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.8955 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:43:36.23 -07:55:56.4: ref_mag=11.90 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.3566 delta=-0.46 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.73 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.69 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:05:54.08 -06:17:57.7: ref_mag=11.18 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9434 delta=-0.76 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:57:51.44 -07:49:34.6: ref_mag=12.63 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.2308 delta=-0.60 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:56:47.13 -09:24:31.8: ref_mag=12.59 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.0371 delta=-0.45 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:14:03.34 -11:28:47.3: ref_mag=11.73 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.3619 delta=-0.63 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:10:28.07 -06:02:09.2: ref_mag=12.69 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=12.8783 delta=-0.19 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 23616_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23616_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23617_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23617_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23620_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23620_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23622_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23622_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23623_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23623_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23624_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23624_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 23661_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385
The candidate 23661_fd_Cet-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-30_03-30-03_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0385 did not pass the final checks