FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Com-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Field Com-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Field Com-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Field Com-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461178.74763881 18.05.2026 05:56:25.993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
First image: 2461178.74763881 18.05.2026 05:56:25.993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Last  image: 2461260.69004765 08.08.2026 04:33:30.117   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.35
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):  4883
Objects passed selection criteria:  4862
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.9    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 3661.25
Average stars matched: 3576 (97.6716 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   231552 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Aug  6 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-190-gdf2934b0
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Aug  7 23:39:28 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461178.74763881 18.05.2026 05:56:25.993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
First image: 2461178.74763881 18.05.2026 05:56:25.993   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Last  image: 2461260.69004765 08.08.2026 04:33:30.117   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 8
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.11
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: 20 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):  23467
Objects passed selection criteria:  23409
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    3.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.1    3.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 19037
Average stars matched: 18425.8 (96.7891 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   247832 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Aug  6 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-190-gdf2934b0
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Aug  7 23:42:36 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Com-01-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Com-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Com-01-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 507477 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 507477 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits_preview.png'

Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits


renamed 'Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.png' -> 'transient_report/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits_preview.png'

Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 360.3644
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 385.1474
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1349.9048
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 352.2057
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1351.6563
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 347.0032
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.74594
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.015
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left
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Record 3: "NAXIS   =                    2 / Dimensionality" status=0
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Record 6: "BZERO   =                32768" status=0
Record 7: "EXTEND  =                    T / Extensions are permitted" status=0
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Record 18: "GAIN    =                   30 / Sensor gain" status=0
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Record 20: "XPIXSZ  =                 3.76 / [um] Pixel X axis size" status=0
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/d_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits :)

Spent 0.519919 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/d_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     28.2999992370605 / [degC] Focuser temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Header: 67 keys total, 4 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/d_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits :)

Spent 0.517403 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/d_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 26658.571233
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=17308.5, right_median=19900.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-07-30.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits



fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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: 2461260.68925258
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits'
wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits'
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits'
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits'
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Image size: 942.3'x626.8'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68 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 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35
Second-epoch image center 12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0728 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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Image size: 942.3'x626.8'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13 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 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35
Second-epoch image center 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0583 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  12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68
Second-epoch second image center 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01554 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JfGyACYVfC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wutHbzTg5g
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lLjCaTAqiT
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JihcdIxLQA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt'
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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5021 to 204.4367 deg, Dec +24.5241 to +35.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5021 to 204.4367 deg, Dec 24.5241 to 35.2552 deg
Loaded 4112 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): 3078 out of 3152 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3152 out of 5113 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.583900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.583900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.35
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.23

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.23

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5021 to 204.4367 deg, Dec +24.5241 to +35.2552 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5021 to 204.4367 deg, Dec 24.5241 to 35.2552 deg
Loaded 4112 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): 3078 out of 3152 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3152 out of 5113 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 5086 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5026 to 204.4364 deg, Dec +24.5244 to +35.2557 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 185.5026 to 204.4364 deg, Dec 24.5244 to 35.2557 deg
Loaded 4113 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): 3083 out of 3160 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3160 out of 5086 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits (aperture=6.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.3 pix  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 2.3 pix  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.2 mag.  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 15.2 mag.  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
 14.2 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.1 (SNR )  11.3 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=263, bad_region=0, passed=5113
Got 5113 stars (including 4847 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5113 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4745 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4743 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4743 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4743 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5113 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4744 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4742 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5113 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4742 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5113 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4742 stars left (next iteration limit 5217)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=4742 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.403 n_q1=1162 n_q2=1255 n_q3=1117 n_q4=1208 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.248
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=265, bad_region=0, passed=5086
Got 5086 stars (including 4818 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5086 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4714 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4712 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4712 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4712 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5086 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4714 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4712 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5086 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4712 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5086 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4712 stars left (next iteration limit 5183)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits N_match=4712 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.447 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.400 n_q1=1131 n_q2=1258 n_q3=1120 n_q4=1203 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.244
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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.lLjCaTAqiT (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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=127, bad_region=0, passed=2300
Got 2300 stars (including 2171 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2300 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 629 (Dec 24.2 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2120 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2117 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2116 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2117 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2298 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 

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 629 (Dec 24.2 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2120 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2117 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2298 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2117 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2298 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 2117 stars left (next iteration limit 2328)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2117 robust_rms=8.811 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.971 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2117 robust_rms=0.548 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.724 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2117 robust_rms=0.425 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.541 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2117 robust_rms_before=1.186 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.400 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.425 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.543 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.541
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.543 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits N_match=2117 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.548 n_q1=647 n_q2=474 n_q3=596 n_q4=400 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.357
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.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.JihcdIxLQA (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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=123, bad_region=0, passed=2246
Got 2246 stars (including 2119 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2246 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 629 (Dec 24.2 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2069 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2062 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2067 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2240 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 629 (Dec 24.2 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2068 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2066 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2240 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2066 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2240 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Excluding outliers - 2066 stars left (next iteration limit 2273)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2066 robust_rms=8.141 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.628 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2066 robust_rms=0.490 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.621 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2066 robust_rms=0.418 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.555 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2066 robust_rms_before=1.142 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.397 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.418 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.541 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.555
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.541 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits N_match=2066 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.561 n_q1=636 n_q2=459 n_q3=604 n_q4=367 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.381
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits sigma_overall=0.349 worst_q_ratio=1.248
ref2=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits sigma_overall=0.359 worst_q_ratio=1.244
new1=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits sigma_overall=0.404 worst_q_ratio=1.357
new2=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits sigma_overall=0.406 worst_q_ratio=1.381
reference average sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.246
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572_astrometric_residuals.png (4742 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573_astrometric_residuals.png (4712 matched stars from wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074_astrometric_residuals.png (2117 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075_astrometric_residuals.png (2066 matched stars from wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.36 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Image size: 942.3'x626.8'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68 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 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35
Second-epoch image center 12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0728 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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Image size: 942.3'x626.8'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13 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 13:00:00.758 +29:59:33.35
Second-epoch image center 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0583 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  12:59:52.383 +30:03:31.68
Second-epoch second image center 12:59:55.351 +30:02:51.13
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01554 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ffHZivirXk
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits &> /tmp/tmp.o589KPbtE0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mUceLtbWZc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ru7g6Xc8HX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits and wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits) and catalog (wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 24985 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5021 to 204.4895 deg, Dec +24.5138 to +35.2552 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 185.5021 to 204.4895 deg, Dec 24.5138 to 35.2552 deg
Loaded 4138 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): 3038 out of 3205 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3205 out of 24985 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.480700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.480700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.11
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.37

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.37

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 24985 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5021 to 204.4895 deg, Dec +24.5138 to +35.2552 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 185.5021 to 204.4895 deg, Dec 24.5138 to 35.2552 deg
Loaded 4138 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): 3038 out of 3205 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3205 out of 24985 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits (aperture=5.2)
Read 25009 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.5026 to 204.5038 deg, Dec +24.5154 to +35.2663 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 185.5026 to 204.5038 deg, Dec 24.5154 to 35.2663 deg
Loaded 4144 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): 3037 out of 3210 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3210 out of 25009 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits (aperture=5.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 8 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 2.2 pix  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.4 mag.  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
 15.4 mag.  Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
 14.3 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
 14.3 mag.  fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.3 (SNR )  13.8 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.ffHZivirXk (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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=7, blended=966, bad_region=0, passed=24978
Got 24978 stars (including 23974 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24978 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4874 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24978 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4876 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24978 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24978 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Excluding outliers - 4874 stars left (next iteration limit 5361)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits N_match=4874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=1254 n_q2=1204 n_q3=1223 n_q4=1193 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.222
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.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.o589KPbtE0 (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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits' -> 'wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=1023, bad_region=1, passed=24995
Got 24995 stars (including 23938 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 24995 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4873 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4871 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24995 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 4873 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24995 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24995 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4871 stars left (next iteration limit 5358)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits N_match=4871 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=1252 n_q2=1208 n_q3=1213 n_q4=1198 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.201
The image catalog is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits -region wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.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.mUceLtbWZc (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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=294, bad_region=9, passed=13512
Got 13512 stars (including 13182 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13512 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4858 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13512 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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4856 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13512 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13512 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Excluding outliers - 4852 stars left (next iteration limit 5339)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits N_match=4852 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.449 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.488 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.583 n_q1=1482 n_q2=1059 n_q3=1400 n_q4=911 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.297
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.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.ru7g6Xc8HX (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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=4, blended=296, bad_region=12, passed=13280
Got 13280 stars (including 12946 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 13280 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013088 (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 0.010470 (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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4856 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4851 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13279 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 570 to 629 (Dec 24.1 to 35.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4855 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Excluding outliers - 4852 stars left (next iteration limit 5337)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits N_match=4852 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.447 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.423 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.570 n_q1=1514 n_q2=1067 n_q3=1438 n_q4=833 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.276
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits -region wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.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_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-56-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1572.fits at 13:08:36.42 +29:19:24.2:  13.66 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-05-18_00-57-07_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_1573.fits at 13:08:36.42 +29:19:24.2:  13.58 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.62 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:08:36.42 +29:19:24.2: ref_mag=13.62 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.6988 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
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 31758_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 31758_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 08 08.18925    2461260.68925    13.73    13:08:36.40 +29:19:23.8   3619 3555   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    13.67    13:08:36.43 +29:19:24.5   3626 3549   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 31761_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 31761_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    13.67    13:29:55.47 +33:00:28.6   1112 1039   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  13:29:55.55 +33:00:29.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31762_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 31762_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    12.82    12:32:02.01 +34:05:21.8   8440 0855   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  12:32:02.02 +34:05:21.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31763_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 31763_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    12.45    12:25:24.16 +26:59:45.8   9329 5157   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  12:25:24.13 +26:59:46.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 31860_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 31860_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    11.82    13:11:51.40 +27:50:47.2   3121 4400   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  13:11:51.40 +27:50:47.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 32012_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 32012_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    13.29    13:22:58.67 +33:53:59.3   2055 0614   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  13:22:58.69 +33:53:59.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 32042_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 32042_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    12.96    12:40:13.08 +34:11:11.0   7409 0795   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  12:40:13.10 +34:11:11.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 32121_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075
The candidate 32121_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 08 08.19005    2461260.69005    13.54    13:11:26.50 +28:51:08.1   3230 3800   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits

**** FOUND  13:11:26.56 +28:51:08.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Com-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-08-07_CI_Com-01-Q1b1x1_233414_TTUQ1b1x1_747012_ZIIpLcOd/monitoring_positions.txt
Read 13515 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.7694 to 204.8175 deg, Dec +24.1187 to +35.4897 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 185.7694 to 204.8175 deg, Dec 24.1187 to 35.4897 deg
Loaded 4377 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): 3166 out of 3253 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3253 out of 13515 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461260.68925 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg  lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 194.96928 deg  Dec= +30.05958 deg
Frame center: alt= +17.731 deg  az= 290.982 deg  airmass= 3.2425
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 17.860 deg (difference -0.129 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.2296 (we compute 3.2425)
Airmass zero-point fit: OK  k= +0.4557 +/- 0.0063 mag/airmass  N= 2647  airmass span 2.1973-6.0464  scatter 0.2599 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits: OK +1.445013 -0.455667 3.2425 +0.4557 2647 3.8491 0.2599 2.1973 6.0464
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits list=monitoring_pixlist1579122.tmp aperture=5.0
Image size: 9576 x 6388
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 21.904400
Forced photometry: center=(3531.92, 1720.46) aperture=5.0
Annulus: inner=10.00 outer=25.00
Background annulus: 1645 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 3 iterations, 1637/1645 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=783.90 median=784.00 mean=784.07 sigma=42.20 -> bg=783.90 (1637 pixels)
Aperture sum=15591.19 N_eff=19.6350
Net flux=199.33 noise=187.00 SNR=1.07
Instrumental magnitude: -6.8724
Calibrated magnitude: 15.0320
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-32-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0074.fits (aperture 5.0 pix)
Read 13284 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 185.7747 to 204.8632 deg, Dec +24.0988 to +35.4868 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 185.7747 to 204.8632 deg, Dec 24.0988 to 35.4868 deg
Loaded 4391 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): 3146 out of 3230 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3230 out of 13284 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461260.69005 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748056 deg  lon= -101.958333 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 194.98165 deg  Dec= +30.04831 deg
Frame center: alt= +17.518 deg  az= 291.081 deg  airmass= 3.2796
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 17.645 deg (difference -0.127 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 3.2669 (we compute 3.2796)
Airmass zero-point fit: OK  k= +0.5065 +/- 0.0068 mag/airmass  N= 2606  airmass span 2.2135-5.9853  scatter 0.2814 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits: OK +1.603581 -0.506548 3.2796 +0.5065 2606 3.7718 0.2814 2.2135 5.9853
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits list=monitoring_pixlist1579122.tmp aperture=5.0
Image size: 9576 x 6388
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 21.897200
Forced photometry: center=(3538.68, 1714.30) aperture=5.0
Annulus: inner=10.00 outer=25.00
Background annulus: 1649 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 2 iterations, 1641/1649 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=782.34 median=784.00 mean=785.10 sigma=40.65 -> bg=782.34 (1641 pixels)
Aperture sum=15931.39 N_eff=19.6350
Net flux=570.12 noise=180.14 SNR=3.16
Instrumental magnitude: -6.8899
Calibrated magnitude: 15.0073
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point term applied to the measurements on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Com-01-Q1b1x1_2026-08-07_23-33-30_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0075.fits (aperture 5.0 pix)
########### Completed Com-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461260.68925258 -observatory V36
07:57:22.64 +20:20:50.0 Mercury (-0.6mag)
12:02:40.00 -01:01:45.1 Venus (-4.3mag)
05:49:10.70 +23:36:09.6 Mars (1.3mag)
08:42:54.73 +18:41:24.5 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:56:25.35 +03:15:25.2 Saturn (0.6mag)
04:11:43.70 +20:56:56.9 Uranus (5.8mag)
00:16:06.17 +00:13:10.2 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:28:08.66 -23:30:10.2 Pluto (14.4mag)
04:45:30.03 +26:37:53.8 Moon (-9.7mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461260.68925258:
08:42:58.44 +18:41:08.1 Io (6.0mag)
08:43:03.11 +18:40:49.1 Europa (6.3mag)
08:43:11.69 +18:40:11.8 Ganymede (5.6mag)
08:43:00.40 +18:41:04.2 Callisto (6.8mag)
08:40:28.44 +18:40:45.8 Himalia (15.7mag)
08:42:53.73 +18:41:29.7 Thebe (16.6mag)
08:40:00.39 +18:39:17.7 Elara (17.7mag)
08:47:01.63 +18:20:53.2 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
08:46:05.74 +18:51:40.3 Carme (19.0mag)
00:56:14.91 +03:15:45.9 Titan (8.4mag)
00:56:28.80 +03:15:08.6 Rhea (9.7mag)
00:56:34.63 +03:14:09.2 Iapetus (11.1mag)
00:56:10.74 +03:15:18.7 Hyperion (14.4mag)
00:55:47.84 +03:08:36.3 Phoebe (16.5mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461260.68925258:
19:03:22.17 -23:04:57.9 JWST
15:10:38.91 +54:37:37.6 Chandra
09:14:27.29 -52:09:00.0 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461260.68925258 -observatory V36
03:13:39.05 +17:22:32.2 17.6mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:01:48.13 -34:37:44.9 14.0mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
06:53:45.45 -68:53:56.3 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:09:48.84 +32:59:33.3 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
03:43:39.56 +37:38:57.8 16.8mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:38:40.07 +31:27:07.8 17.3mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
06:43:27.39 +26:32:31.1 16.8mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:21:32.10 +28:28:15.7 17.0mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:28:50.30 +05:18:05.4 17.9mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:12:27.49 -12:17:00.5 17.9mag P/2023 B1 (PANSTARRS)
21:10:47.07 +66:01:19.8 17.9mag C/2023 H5 (Lemmon)
15:47:51.75 -12:56:01.2 14.4mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:08:03.80 +31:20:39.8 15.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:06:57.31 +15:36:37.2 17.7mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
19:03:09.98 +43:05:05.4 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
21:10:46.99 +49:12:28.6 17.6mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:15:07.02 -12:58:05.2 15.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
06:56:12.92 +24:09:46.7 17.9mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
07:30:48.50 -16:08:04.8 17.7mag C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)
10:32:50.51 +20:54:31.1 17.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
12:58:06.03 +02:21:11.5 17.0mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:03:03.84 +77:50:17.5 16.8mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:07:29.75 +46:11:12.7 17.1mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
11:46:45.36 +08:32:46.1 17.3mag A/2026 E1
21:58:20.17 -27:17:23.1 6.9mag 10P/Tempel
11:28:56.11 -03:23:46.4 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
04:39:12.65 +32:26:40.2 18.0mag 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson
11:07:37.32 +04:39:09.6 17.3mag 63P/Wild
00:54:13.73 -05:26:49.6 15.4mag 65P/Gunn
05:35:28.91 +20:42:04.6 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
20:38:00.41 -23:31:18.5 17.8mag 84P/Giclas
03:00:43.61 +13:41:26.6 16.7mag 88P/Howell
07:55:49.77 +27:40:01.0 16.2mag 93P/Lovas
04:06:13.19 +16:51:30.5 17.6mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
05:56:22.87 +30:19:09.6 16.3mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
09:18:25.30 +26:39:26.9 15.0mag 123P/West-Hartley
11:43:38.69 -10:15:22.4 17.1mag 124P/Mrkos
05:36:30.98 +21:10:53.3 16.1mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
06:28:28.19 +18:54:14.2 17.9mag 131P/Mueller
00:03:24.79 +03:24:31.0 17.6mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
03:20:15.35 -19:11:12.8 13.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
07:16:04.08 +37:48:18.9 15.8mag 162P/SidingSpring
15:14:01.70 +40:53:27.9 12.2mag 169P/NEAT
02:42:58.13 +09:30:51.3 17.6mag 220P/McNaught
16:41:33.65 -10:05:10.1 17.7mag 235P/LINEAR
20:22:23.58 -52:50:23.7 17.8mag 259P/Garradd
03:22:01.28 +25:09:27.4 15.4mag 260P/McNaught
07:05:17.15 +37:43:09.0 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:10:27.32 +03:08:35.8 17.7mag 391P/Kowalski
09:00:51.44 +18:22:41.6 17.9mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10  AT2026pvk  2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20  AT2026plb  2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30  SN2026ore  2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30  AT2026oxl  2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20  AT2026ouj  2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20  AT2026ntk  2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20  ASASSN-26du  2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00  SN2026oxc  2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.67 +32:04:22.70  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.6 15.52
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50  AT2026nwc  2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20  SN 2026odc  2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20  SN 2026nyq  2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90  ASASSN-26dt  2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60  SN2026nyp  2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50  SN2026mta  2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20  SN2026oao  2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60  AT2026nvf  2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00  SN2026npn  2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20  ASASSN-26dq  2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70  SN 2026obc  2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90  ASASSN-26dr  2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00  ASASSN-26ds  2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40  SN2026mho  2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10  AT2026min  2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24.03 8.35
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60  ASASSN-26dp  2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40  ASASSN-26dn  2026-05-20.01 14.59
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60  AT2026nma  2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10  AT2026lli  2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70  AT2026nad  2026-05-19.39 15.34
15:16:06.61 -79:16:32.40  ASASSN-26dm  2026-05-19.03 14.44
11:24:25.21 -59:23:19.10  ASASSN-26dl  2026-05-18.02 13.55
13:45:51.52 -53:16:01.00  ASASSN-26dk  2026-05-18.16 12.96
02:05:49.69 -30:29:09.60  ASASSN-26dh  2026-05-18.43 15.37
17:50:22.87 -39:42:33.90  ASASSN-26dj  2026-05-17.05 15.7
01:13:11.60 -33:25:16.10  ASASSN-26dg  2026-05-13.41 16.8
16:44:31.77 -27:15:18.40  AT2026mhn  2026-05-12.33 15.8
09:46:31.08 -33:41:51.00  ASASSN-26di  2026-05-12.14 14.63
21:23:11.57 -19:09:45.00  AT2026kwu  2026-05-12.26 16.9
14:20:14.30 -30:20:51.90  AT2026ktm  2026-05-12.06 17.21
14:41:39.01 -37:13:46.40  AT2026lkm  2026-05-11.18 16.89
12:59:50.45 -10:58:38.80  SN2026kep  2026-05-9.06 17.5
13:37:29.61 -29:50:30.90  AT2026lkd  2026-05-9.09 17.23
09:46:42.01 -14:52:03.60  SN2026kmo  2026-05-8.99 17.51
15:03:05.28 +22:02:03.40  AT2026lxf  2026-05-8.07 13.88
10:23:49.41 -20:57:25.30  ASASSN-26df  2026-05-8.21 16.52
22:14:40.56 +05:04:51.60  2026lda  2026-05-7.56 16.2
21:35:33.81 -14:05:16.30  ASASSN-26de  2026-05-6.29 14.51
16:21:49.13 -61:36:14.60  ASASSN-26dd  2026-05-5.15 15.93
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
12:24:25.10 +28:47:12.0  TCP J12242510+2847120  2026-05-31.6015  14.8mag
00:56:07.13 +43:01:40.6  TCP J00560713+4301406  2026-06-01.4135  12.2mag
00:42:41.64 +41:15:16.2  PNV J00424164+4115162  2026-06-02.029  17.4mag
00:42:38.68 +41:15:58.2  PNV J00423868+4115582  2026-06-05.1224  19.97Umag
19:00:42.95 -48:31:01.7  PNV J19004295-4831017  2026-05-25.0752  14.2mag
09:55:21.28 +69:02:52.6  PNV J09552128+6902526  2026-06-13.933  18.9mag
19:51:21.42 +37:06:40.0  TCP J19512142+3706400  2026-06-17.2942  16.8mag
19:57:03.87 +37:41:46.4  TCP J19570387+3741464  2026-06-18.2638  17.5mag
00:42:32.04 +41:10:28.3  PNV J00423204+4110283  2026-06-26.059  16.6mag
02:19:17.36 +28:57:15.8  TCP J02191736+2857158  2026-07-12.3549  12.5mag
00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6  PNV J00445643+4157416  2026-07-13.8026  17.98Cmag
00:42:55.36 +41:17:27.0  PNV J00425536+4117270  2026-07-20.1813  17.7mag
20:35:43.64 +61:31:32.9  TCP J20354364+6131329  2026-07-20.5443  14.4mag
21:17:31.48 +22:25:51.0  TCP J21173148+2225510  2026-07-23.5577  14.8mag
00:41:24.04 +40:49:02.8  PNV J00412404+4049028  2026-07-25.0157  18.7mag
00:43:04.26 +41:02:28.6  PNV J00430426+4102286  2026-07-26.1512  20mag
14:51:51.40 +66:13:24.0  TCP J14515140+6613240  2026-07-29.2561  13.5mag
00:43:06.15 +41:22:08.2  PNV J00430615+4122082  2026-07-30.0085  19.4mag
00:41:33.23 +41:10:12.2  PNV J00413323+4110122  2026-08-02.8913  17.1mag
05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-06.4109  11.2mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
11:59:22.501 +33:57:28.65  AT 2026wax  2026-02-12.61 21.19
12:12:58.534 +22:21:29.32  AT 2026waw  2026-01-13.53 21.43
12:50:44.856 -00:38:38.81  AT 2026wav  2026-01-17.62 20.39
21:53:57.711 -08:17:35.12  AT 2026wau  2026-07-19.38 20.8321
23:55:04.591 -02:50:32.36  AT 2026wat  2026-07-16.43 20.6492
23:42:02.548 -04:15:01.84  AT 2026was  2026-07-11.47 20.8282
01:25:30.447 -05:28:04.61  AT 2026war  2026-07-22.43 20.1572
01:33:38.611 -06:04:05.81  AT 2026waq  2026-07-22.43 20.2547
04:06:12.614 +33:55:53.15  AT 2026wap  2026-07-22.49 20.1527
04:46:08.508 +72:01:26.30  AT 2026wao  2026-07-19.45 19.4255
04:18:46.976 +10:22:56.85  AT 2026wan  2026-07-22.48 19.9175
04:01:29.443 +05:47:07.72  AT 2026wam  2026-07-19.48 19.6636
04:02:50.730 +08:40:34.91  AT 2026wal  2026-07-22.48 19.5587
03:24:17.713 +22:59:20.72  AT 2026wak  2026-07-19.48 20.3624
15:40:51.280 +37:26:47.25  AT 2026waj  2026-07-15.76 20.08
16:52:36.690 +29:41:48.85  AT 2026wai  2026-07-11.75 21.21
22:47:23.200 -00:52:12.46  AT 2026wah  2026-07-21.79 22.66
23:20:57.570 +04:07:20.60  AT 2026wag  2026-07-20.85 22.66
23:32:12.240 +01:55:53.48  AT 2026waf  2026-07-20.78 22.51
02:03:49.240 +01:44:48.84  AT 2026wae  2026-07-19.87 22.34
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Fri Aug  7 23:39:09 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 4s (0.07 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 22s (0.37 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 138s (2.30 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 6s (0.10 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 171s (2.85 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 9 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 4 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 4 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 21s (0.35 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 20s (0.33 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 3s (0.05 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 47s (0.78 min)
FIELD_Com-01-Q1b1x1: 236s (3.93 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 240s (4.00 min)
Finished: Fri Aug  7 23:43:09 CDT 2026