This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.1974 2461261.6974 13.44 15:19:15.47 -02:45:44.7
358.81307 43.50314 galactic Ser Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 5.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.173 Ino 1 -0 1 13.5 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:19:15.47 -02:45:44.7: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:19:15.47 -02:45:44.7: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 08 09.1974* 15 19 15.47 -02 45 44.7 13.4 U Ser 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461261.6974,13.44,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260809.1974 13.44CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 08 09.1974 2461261.6974 13.90 15:37:44.27 -00:12:58.2
5.49814 41.61058 galactic Ser Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 6.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.304 Olga -0 -0 0 14.1 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:37:44.27 -00:12:58.2: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:37:44.27 -00:12:58.2: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 08 09.1974* 15 37 44.27 +00 12 58.2 13.9 U Ser 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461261.6974,13.90,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260809.1974 13.90CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461202.79287444 11.06.2026 07:01:34.352 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
First image: 2461202.79287444 11.06.2026 07:01:34.352 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Last image: 2461261.69763148 09.08.2026 04:44:25.360 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.61
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: 10 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): 5069
Objects passed selection criteria: 5054
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4236.25
Average stars matched: 4161 (98.2237 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232152 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 Sun Aug 9 02:35:17 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461202.79287444 11.06.2026 07:01:34.352 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
First image: 2461202.79287444 11.06.2026 07:01:34.352 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Last image: 2461261.69763148 09.08.2026 04:44:25.360 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 11
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
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): 34471
Objects passed selection criteria: 34393
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.4 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 30777.8
Average stars matched: 29929.8 (97.2448 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 260104 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 Sun Aug 9 02:36:38 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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: 2461261.69709331
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits'
wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits'
wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits'
wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 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: 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29 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 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50
Second-epoch image center 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0018 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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60 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 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50
Second-epoch image center 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0083 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 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29
Second-epoch second image center 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00988 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits &> /tmp/tmp.JD70NVPQO1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits &> /tmp/tmp.1cKmjpawy8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kywiDZdtDV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits &> /tmp/tmp.TnPvjAhyis
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7012 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5803 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2523 to +3.2611 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 223.5803 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2523 to 3.2611 deg
Loaded 4368 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): 3708 out of 3832 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3832 out of 7012 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.656950
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.656950
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.61
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.05
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.05
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7012 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5803 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2523 to +3.2611 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 223.5803 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2523 to 3.2611 deg
Loaded 4368 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): 3708 out of 3832 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3832 out of 7012 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits (aperture=6.1)
Read 7009 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5740 to 239.3003 deg, Dec -7.2516 to +3.2762 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 223.5740 to 239.3003 deg, Dec -7.2516 to 3.2762 deg
Loaded 4372 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): 3725 out of 3843 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3843 out of 7009 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ 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 Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
2.2 pix Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
2.2 pix fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
2.2 pix fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.0 mag. Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
15.0 mag. Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
14.3 mag. fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.3 (SNR ) 11.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.JD70NVPQO1 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits' -> 'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=406, bad_region=1627, passed=7012
Got 7012 stars (including 5042 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7012 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5740 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5740 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5740 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4879 stars left (next iteration limit 5366)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits N_match=4879 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=1603 n_q2=960 n_q3=1433 n_q4=883 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.021
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits -region wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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.1cKmjpawy8 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits' -> 'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=410, bad_region=1619, passed=7009
Got 7009 stars (including 5045 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7009 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4888 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4888 stars left (next iteration limit 5376)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits N_match=4888 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=1595 n_q2=959 n_q3=1453 n_q4=881 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.047
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits -region wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.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.kywiDZdtDV (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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=214, bad_region=802, passed=3960
Got 3960 stars (including 2967 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3960 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2904 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2901 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2901 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2903 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2900 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 2900 stars left (next iteration limit 3191)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2900 robust_rms=6.760 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.544 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2900 robust_rms=0.453 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.520 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2900 robust_rms=0.365 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.388 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2900 robust_rms_before=0.895 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.356 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.365 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.366 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.388
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.366 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits N_match=2900 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.369 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.362 n_q1=1021 n_q2=532 n_q3=859 n_q4=488 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.018
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits -region wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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.TnPvjAhyis (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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=209, bad_region=797, passed=3916
Got 3916 stars (including 2930 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3916 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2857 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2857 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2863 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2856 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2856 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 2856 stars left (next iteration limit 3142)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2856 robust_rms=6.863 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.227 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2856 robust_rms=0.481 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.533 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2856 robust_rms=0.384 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.412 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2856 robust_rms_before=0.899 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.375 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.384 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.406 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.412
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.406 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits N_match=2856 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.390 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.365 n_q1=1000 n_q2=530 n_q3=859 n_q4=467 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.079
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits -region wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.021
ref2=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits sigma_overall=0.360 worst_q_ratio=1.047
new1=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits sigma_overall=0.373 worst_q_ratio=1.018
new2=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits sigma_overall=0.390 worst_q_ratio=1.079
reference average sigma_overall=0.36 worst_q_ratio=1.034
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168_astrometric_residuals.png (4879 matched stars from wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169_astrometric_residuals.png (4888 matched stars from wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156_astrometric_residuals.png (2900 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157_astrometric_residuals.png (2856 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ser-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Ser-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.1' 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: 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29 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 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50
Second-epoch image center 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0018 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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60 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 15:25:43.535 -01:59:52.50
Second-epoch image center 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0083 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 15:25:43.955 -01:59:53.29
Second-epoch second image center 15:25:41.664 -02:00:02.60
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00988 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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rcgNzmsjdp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sQKWsBZ9Hg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PoGHW9YDpf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nODCu0reeq
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits and wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 44043 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5747 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2640 to +3.2705 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 223.5747 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2640 to 3.2705 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): 3630 out of 3914 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3914 out of 44043 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.515350
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.515350
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.22
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.22
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 44043 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5747 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2640 to +3.2705 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 223.5747 to 239.3209 deg, Dec -7.2640 to 3.2705 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): 3630 out of 3914 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3914 out of 44043 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 43763 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 223.5650 to 239.3107 deg, Dec -7.2535 to +3.2799 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 223.5650 to 239.3107 deg, Dec -7.2535 to 3.2799 deg
Loaded 4376 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): 3629 out of 3911 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3911 out of 43763 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 9 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
2.1 pix Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
2.1 pix fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
2.0 pix fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
15.2 mag. Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
14.5 mag. fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.5 (SNR ) 14.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.rcgNzmsjdp (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits' -> 'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=2055, bad_region=6208, passed=44030
Got 44030 stars (including 36298 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 44030 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (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 0.010414 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39401 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4889 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39401 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39401 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.341 n_q1=1647 n_q2=934 n_q3=1450 n_q4=855 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.018
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits -region wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.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.sQKWsBZ9Hg (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits' -> 'wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.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/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=16, blended=2018, bad_region=6172, passed=43747
Got 43747 stars (including 36097 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 43747 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4892 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4887 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39148 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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4892 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39148 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 39148 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4887 stars left (next iteration limit 5375)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits N_match=4887 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=1640 n_q2=937 n_q3=1454 n_q4=856 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.045
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits -region wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.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.PoGHW9YDpf (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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=883, bad_region=3474, passed=27554
Got 27554 stars (including 23414 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27554 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25005 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25005 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25005 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4884 stars left (next iteration limit 5372)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits N_match=4884 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.402 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.372 n_q1=1723 n_q2=873 n_q3=1499 n_q4=789 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.066
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits -region wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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.nODCu0reeq (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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1075, bad_region=3497, passed=27961
Got 27961 stars (including 23643 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27961 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (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 0.010416 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4878 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25392 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 4878 stars left (next iteration limit 5365)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits N_match=4878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.383 n_q1=1720 n_q2=879 n_q3=1496 n_q4=783 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.052
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits -region wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-43-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-08-09_CI_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_022626_TTUQ2b1x1_2847290_wlv0FGvi/wcs_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ser-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:23:50.72 -03:30:22.2: 14.10 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:20:19.67 -03:11:36.7: 13.05 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:37:44.27 -00:12:58.2: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:35:48.09 -04:57:04.0: 12.83 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:11:42.93 -02:52:40.1: 11.64 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:19:15.47 -02:45:44.7: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-01-34_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0168.fits at 15:08:19.57 -01:03:18.5: 13.26 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:08:19.57 -01:03:18.5: 13.18 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:11:42.93 -02:52:40.1: 11.66 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:23:50.72 -03:30:22.2: 14.23 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:19:15.47 -02:45:44.7: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:37:44.27 -00:12:58.2: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:35:48.09 -04:57:04.0: 12.87 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-06-11_02-02-25_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0169.fits at 15:20:19.67 -03:11:36.7: 13.10 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.65 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.22 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:11:42.93 -02:52:40.1: ref_mag=11.65 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.8486 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:23:50.72 -03:30:22.2: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1269 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:08:19.57 -01:03:18.5: ref_mag=13.22 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3147 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.85 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.07 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:35:48.09 -04:57:04.0: ref_mag=12.85 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0553 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:20:19.67 -03:11:36.7: ref_mag=13.07 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3411 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53175.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53181.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s
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Considering the candidate 53144_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53144_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53148_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53148_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53150_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53150_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53152_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53152_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53161_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53161_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:18:22.68 +02:02:26.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53169_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53169_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53171_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 53171_fd_Ser-05-Q2b1x1_2026-08-08_23-44-25_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks