This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr
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 08 03.4142 2461255.9142 11.65 06:16:17.59 +33:25:21.1
179.31624 7.91461 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 3.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.89 Julia 0 0 0 11.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:16:17.59 +33:25:21.1: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:16:17.59 +33:25:21.1: 16.10 +/- 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,2461255.9142,11.65,0.05,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 20260803.4142 11.65CV 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 08 03.4142 2461255.9142 12.60 06:06:57.32 +31:42:37.1
179.90632 5.37333 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 3.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.250 Bettina 1 -0 1 13.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:57.32 +31:42:37.1: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:57.32 +31:42:37.1: 16.07 +/- 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,2461255.9142,12.60,0.05,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 20260803.4142 12.60CV 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 08 03.4142 2461255.9142 12.89 06:16:30.99 +26:08:33.3
185.82109 4.56801 galactic Gem Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.6" and 3.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.111 Ate -1 -1 1 13.4 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:16:30.99 +26:08:33.3: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:16:30.99 +26:08:33.3: 15.93 +/- 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,2461255.9142,12.89,0.05,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 20260803.4142 12.89CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 03.4142 2461255.9142 13.26 06:12:39.28 +31:26:33.3
180.72290 6.31422 galactic Aur Second-epoch detections are separated by 3.1" and 3.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.141 Lumen 0 -0 0 13.4 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:12:39.28 +31:26:33.3: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:12:39.28 +31:26:33.3: 16.15 +/- 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,2461255.9142,13.26,0.05,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 20260803.4142 13.26CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
First image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Last image: 2461255.91439880 03.08.2026 09:56:34.056 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 1
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 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): 21016
Objects passed selection criteria: 20847
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 12894.8
Average stars matched: 12155.2 (94.2651 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 246564 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on 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 Mon Aug 3 05:47:34 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
First image: 2461093.61992316 22.02.2026 02:52:31.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Last image: 2461255.91439880 03.08.2026 09:56:34.056 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 61
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 33 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): 169213
Objects passed selection criteria: 168677
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 110406
Average stars matched: 103832 (94.0454 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 635640 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on 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 Mon Aug 3 05:48:50 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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: 2461255.91394769
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits'
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits'
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits'
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0688 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0688 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92
Second-epoch second image center 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00557 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LHbKHuV32l
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VoQTiCfYQb
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Hg2MUFh4Kc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PugSE1NsL6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 27193 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5790 to 99.6671 deg, Dec +24.3414 to +35.3066 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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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 80.5790 to 99.6671 deg, Dec 24.3414 to 35.3066 deg
Loaded 17097 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): 12045 out of 13628 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13628 out of 27193 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.939700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.939700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.70
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 27193 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5790 to 99.6671 deg, Dec +24.3414 to +35.3066 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 80.5790 to 99.6671 deg, Dec 24.3414 to 35.3066 deg
Loaded 17097 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): 12045 out of 13628 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13628 out of 27193 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 27141 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5933 to 99.6669 deg, Dec +24.3420 to +35.3116 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 80.5933 to 99.6669 deg, Dec 24.3420 to 35.3116 deg
Loaded 17089 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): 12096 out of 13641 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 13641 out of 27141 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
2.1 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
2.4 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
2.4 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
15.2 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
13.0 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.0 (SNR ) 10.5 (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.LHbKHuV32l (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=3136, bad_region=5792, passed=27193
Got 27193 stars (including 18877 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27193 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4778 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4778 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22652 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 4778 stars left (next iteration limit 5255)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits N_match=4778 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.476 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.618 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.478 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.433 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=1282 n_q2=975 n_q3=1593 n_q4=928 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.299
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.VoQTiCfYQb (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=3121, bad_region=5776, passed=27141
Got 27141 stars (including 18855 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27141 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4780 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4837 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4780 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22617 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47"
Excluding outliers - 4780 stars left (next iteration limit 5258)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits N_match=4780 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.473 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.602 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.384 n_q1=1281 n_q2=975 n_q3=1595 n_q4=929 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.273
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.Hg2MUFh4Kc (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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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=374, bad_region=826, passed=5359
Got 5359 stars (including 4210 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5359 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4090 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4028 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4029 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4028 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4702 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4089 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4032 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4702 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.62"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4032 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4702 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.62"
Excluding outliers - 4032 stars left (next iteration limit 4430)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4032 robust_rms=5.613 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.130 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4032 robust_rms=0.739 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.893 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4032 robust_rms=0.584 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.735 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4032 robust_rms_before=1.527 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.635 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.584 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.821 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.735
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Image size: 941.1'x624.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.197 +30:00:39.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
### Converted positions of 5359 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky998084.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.527 -> 0.584 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits N_match=4032 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.620 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.558 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.594 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.797 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.503 n_q1=1241 n_q2=611 n_q3=1549 n_q4=631 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.284
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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.PugSE1NsL6 (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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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=379, bad_region=854, passed=5401
Got 5401 stars (including 4225 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5401 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4107 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4049 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4049 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4048 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4715 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4110 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4053 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4715 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4053 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4715 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.65"
Excluding outliers - 4053 stars left (next iteration limit 4452)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4053 robust_rms=6.029 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.337 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4053 robust_rms=0.730 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.842 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4053 robust_rms=0.591 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.742 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4053 robust_rms_before=1.494 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.648 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.591 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.821 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.742
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.821 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits N_match=4053 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.659 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.622 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.583 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.824 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.533 n_q1=1217 n_q2=635 n_q3=1564 n_q4=637 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.249
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits sigma_overall=0.476 worst_q_ratio=1.299
ref2=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits sigma_overall=0.473 worst_q_ratio=1.273
new1=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits sigma_overall=0.620 worst_q_ratio=1.284
new2=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits sigma_overall=0.659 worst_q_ratio=1.249
reference average sigma_overall=0.4745 worst_q_ratio=1.286
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056_astrometric_residuals.png (4778 matched stars from wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.45 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057_astrometric_residuals.png (4780 matched stars from wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.44 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458_astrometric_residuals.png (4032 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.48 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459_astrometric_residuals.png (4053 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.61 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 31541_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 31541_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:21.56 +29:29:39.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aur-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/exclusion_list.txt
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0688 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 06:00:00.478 +29:59:52.02
Second-epoch image center 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0688 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 06:00:19.169 +30:00:40.92
Second-epoch second image center 06:00:19.411 +30:00:21.10
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00557 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits &> /tmp/tmp.40G4Upoavg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1sIMSpoONu
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits &> /tmp/tmp.30WgNcFiVQ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ZIh2mbcEPA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits and wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 212828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5594 to 99.6902 deg, Dec +24.3171 to +35.3065 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 80.5594 to 99.6902 deg, Dec 24.3171 to 35.3065 deg
Loaded 17190 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): 9236 out of 14303 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14303 out of 212828 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.778800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.778800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.32
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.46
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 212828 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5594 to 99.6902 deg, Dec +24.3171 to +35.3065 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 80.5594 to 99.6902 deg, Dec 24.3171 to 35.3065 deg
Loaded 17190 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): 9236 out of 14303 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14303 out of 212828 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits (aperture=4.4)
Read 212641 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 80.5682 to 99.6901 deg, Dec +24.3244 to +35.3140 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 80.5682 to 99.6901 deg, Dec 24.3244 to 35.3140 deg
Loaded 17179 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): 9281 out of 14295 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 14295 out of 212641 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 47 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
1.9 pix Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
2.1 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
2.1 pix fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
15.5 mag. Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
13.4 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
13.4 mag. fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 13.0 (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.40G4Upoavg (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=1, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=61, blended=32425, bad_region=34270, passed=212766
Got 212766 stars (including 150203 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 212766 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4810 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4762 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4810 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4761 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 186146 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 4761 stars left (next iteration limit 5237)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits N_match=4761 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.456 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.570 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.397 n_q1=1332 n_q2=876 n_q3=1615 n_q4=938 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.250
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.1sIMSpoONu (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits' -> 'wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=36, blended=32176, bad_region=34340, passed=212605
Got 212605 stars (including 150130 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 212605 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4807 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4763 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185900 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4807 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185900 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4763 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 185900 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48"
Excluding outliers - 4763 stars left (next iteration limit 5239)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits N_match=4763 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.565 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.413 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.381 n_q1=1324 n_q2=908 n_q3=1589 n_q4=942 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.247
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits -region wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
############ /tmp/tmp.30WgNcFiVQ (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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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=2373, bad_region=7854, passed=51308
Got 51308 stars (including 41249 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51308 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4847 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4777 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45447 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4782 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45447 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4781 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45447 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 4781 stars left (next iteration limit 5253)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits N_match=4781 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.610 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.583 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.564 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.800 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.474 n_q1=1495 n_q2=851 n_q3=1636 n_q4=799 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.311
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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.ZIh2mbcEPA (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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=2430, bad_region=7882, passed=51501
Got 51501 stars (including 41355 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51501 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4841 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4773 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4770 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45635 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4775 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45635 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4775 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45635 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 4775 stars left (next iteration limit 5247)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits N_match=4775 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.615 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.607 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.546 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.805 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.498 n_q1=1499 n_q2=852 n_q3=1628 n_q4=796 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.310
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits -region wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-55-55_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0458.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.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_2026-08-03_CI_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_054503_TTUQ2b1x1_888002_K6JuIsAr/wcs_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aur-06-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:53:39.19 +26:01:04.0: 12.88 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:00:28.69 +28:43:29.2: 12.83 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:46:09.12 +29:19:18.0: 12.36 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:58.78 +28:43:54.7: 13.07 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:57:01.62 +29:37:11.7: 12.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:48:43.86 +33:42:39.1: 11.39 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:46:09.12 +29:19:18.0: 12.38 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:53:39.19 +26:01:04.0: 12.89 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:58.78 +28:43:54.7: 13.06 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:57:01.62 +29:37:11.7: 12.50 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.37 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:00:28.69 +28:43:29.2: 12.77 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.88 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.06 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.51 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:46:09.12 +29:19:18.0: ref_mag=12.37 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4885 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:53:39.19 +26:01:04.0: ref_mag=12.88 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.6668 delta=0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:06:58.78 +28:43:54.7: ref_mag=13.06 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9228 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:57:01.62 +29:37:11.7: ref_mag=12.51 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4990 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.80 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:00:28.69 +28:43:29.2: ref_mag=12.80 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7644 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:16:17.59 +33:25:21.1: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:48:43.86 +33:42:39.1: 11.43 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.41 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:48:43.86 +33:42:39.1: ref_mag=11.41 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.4441 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:16:17.59 +33:25:21.1: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:06:57.32 +31:42:37.1: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:01:03.28 +28:36:09.7: 13.29 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:16:30.99 +26:08:33.3: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:12:39.28 +31:26:33.3: 16.11 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:06:57.32 +31:42:37.1: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 06:03:58.06 +28:38:09.2: 13.53 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:16:30.99 +26:08:33.3: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:01:03.28 +28:36:09.7: 13.32 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:12:39.28 +31:26:33.3: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.31 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:01:03.28 +28:36:09.7: ref_mag=13.31 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0403 delta=0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-52-31_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0056.fits at 05:51:45.15 +32:30:44.8: 12.69 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 06:03:58.06 +28:38:09.2: 13.56 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.55 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 06:03:58.06 +28:38:09.2: ref_mag=13.55 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2401 delta=0.31 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-53-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0057.fits at 05:51:45.15 +32:30:44.8: 12.67 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.68 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:51:45.15 +32:30:44.8: ref_mag=12.68 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.5241 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out241837.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out245727.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out246748.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out247763.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s
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Considering the candidate 239232_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239232_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:04.92 +29:12:22.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239239_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239239_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239253_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239253_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239260_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239260_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239261_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239261_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239264_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239264_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239266_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239266_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:07:38.46 +29:55:08.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239270_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239270_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:28.93 +27:18:47.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239271_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239271_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:08.42 +33:45:05.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239272_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239272_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:44:34.82 +26:14:46.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239276_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239276_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:15.46 +32:30:32.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239279_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239279_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:14.57 +32:34:52.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 239282_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239282_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 239287_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 239287_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:21.54 +29:29:38.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 240436_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 240436_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 240541_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 240541_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.0") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 241092_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 241092_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:42:12.34 +32:03:10.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 241837_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
Preparing report for the candidate 241837_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
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Considering the candidate 241958_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 241958_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:16.53 +32:35:29.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 242286_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 242286_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.6") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 242480_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 242480_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:00:52.59 +27:35:10.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 242583_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 242583_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (19.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 243057_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 243057_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:58:01.83 +25:55:16.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 243105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 243105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:09:27.54 +28:29:43.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244158_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 244158_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:05:03.54 +26:04:36.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244222_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 244222_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:12:10.55 +32:41:29.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244298_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 244298_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:58:52.08 +29:59:32.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244647_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 244647_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:03:15.79 +31:22:54.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 244693_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 244693_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:10:59.62 +26:00:21.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245059_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 245059_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:06:18.83 +29:32:45.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245727_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
Preparing report for the candidate 245727_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
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Considering the candidate 245826_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 245826_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:01.47 +27:35:19.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245839_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 245839_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:52:24.59 +28:37:27.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 245964_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 245964_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:08:31.94 +27:49:35.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 246748_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
Preparing report for the candidate 246748_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
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Considering the candidate 247066_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 247066_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.2") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 247073_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 247073_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 247075_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 247075_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:03:27.26 +27:37:17.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 247763_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
Preparing report for the candidate 247763_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
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Considering the candidate 247988_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 247988_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 156560_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 156560_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:40:49.28 +27:36:16.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 229512_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 229512_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (20.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 226377_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 226377_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 115105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 115105_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:49:47.49 +29:32:53.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 107520_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 107520_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:28.66 +29:51:04.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 137469_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 137469_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 06:04:16.96 +28:29:03.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 158400_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459
The candidate 158400_fd_Aur-06-Q2b1x1_2026-08-03_04-56-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0459 did not pass the final checks