This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa
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 11.4032 2461263.9032 14.30 03:42:46.56 +06:09:08.7
180.60100 -36.87118 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 6.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.483 Seppina -1 -1 1 14.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:42:46.56 +06:09:08.7: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:42:46.56 +06:09:08.7: 16.01 +/- 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 11.4032* 03 42 46.56 +06 09 08.7 14.3 U Tau 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,2461263.9032,14.30,0.05,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 20260811.4032 14.30CV 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 11.4032 2461263.9032 14.78 03:43:11.94 +06:13:19.9
180.62094 -36.74601 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.6" and 7.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.1620 Geographos 8 -7 11 14.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:43:11.94 +06:13:19.9: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:43:11.94 +06:13:19.9: 16.03 +/- 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 11.4032* 03 43 11.94 +06 13 19.9 14.8 U Tau 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,2461263.9032,14.78,0.05,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 20260811.4032 14.78CV 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: 2461049.66635515 09.01.2026 03:59:23.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
First image: 2461049.66635515 09.01.2026 03:59:23.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Last image: 2461263.90345006 11.08.2026 09:40:48.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 2 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 5889
Objects passed selection criteria: 5874
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4422.5
Average stars matched: 4094.25 (92.5777 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232008 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 Tue Aug 11 04:48:45 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: 2461049.66635515 09.01.2026 03:59:23.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
First image: 2461049.66635515 09.01.2026 03:59:23.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Last image: 2461263.90345006 11.08.2026 09:40:48.085 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 9
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
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: 12 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): 34341
Objects passed selection criteria: 34232
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 26898.2
Average stars matched: 25032.8 (93.0646 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 255336 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 Tue Aug 11 04:49:32 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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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: 2461263.90295115
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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits'
wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits'
wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits exists and is non-empty
Saving wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits'
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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: 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59 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 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33
Second-epoch image center 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1076 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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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: 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90 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 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33
Second-epoch image center 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1043 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 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59
Second-epoch second image center 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01154 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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8HkiQDTp0z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vqEo7hdCmK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits &> /tmp/tmp.m3qNw4DszJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kzMMos1yPT
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2623 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2623 deg
Loaded 4344 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): 3518 out of 3704 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3704 out of 6894 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.929400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.929400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.59
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.34
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2623 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 43.4390 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2623 deg
Loaded 4344 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): 3518 out of 3704 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3704 out of 6894 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 6511 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4391 to 59.4125 deg, Dec +0.6696 to +11.2487 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 43.4391 to 59.4125 deg, Dec 0.6696 to 11.2487 deg
Loaded 4348 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): 3541 out of 3691 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3691 out of 6511 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ 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:
2.0 pix Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
2.1 pix Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
15.2 mag. Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 11.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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=524, bad_region=1590, passed=6894
Got 6894 stars (including 4892 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6894 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4758 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4754 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4754 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5638 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4757 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4753 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5638 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4753 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5638 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4753 stars left (next iteration limit 5229)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits N_match=4753 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.250 n_q1=1530 n_q2=694 n_q3=1636 n_q4=893 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.252
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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=474, bad_region=1522, passed=6511
Got 6511 stars (including 4629 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6511 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4512 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4508 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4512 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4508 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5309 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4508 stars left (next iteration limit 4958)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4508 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.247 n_q1=1470 n_q2=658 n_q3=1531 n_q4=849 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.220
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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.m3qNw4DszJ (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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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=322, bad_region=1261, passed=4995
Got 4995 stars (including 3479 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4995 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3400 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3394 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3394 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3394 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3996 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3400 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3394 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3996 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3394 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3996 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 3394 stars left (next iteration limit 3733)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3394 robust_rms=7.077 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.161 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3394 robust_rms=0.483 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.648 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3394 robust_rms=0.369 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.421 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3394 robust_rms_before=0.986 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.359 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.369 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.418 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.421
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.418 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits N_match=3394 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.462 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.370 n_q1=1162 n_q2=738 n_q3=910 n_q4=584 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.232
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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.kzMMos1yPT (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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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=320, bad_region=1236, passed=4988
Got 4988 stars (including 3495 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4988 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3419 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3413 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3413 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3413 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3999 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3419 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3413 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3999 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3413 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3999 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 3413 stars left (next iteration limit 3754)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3413 robust_rms=6.989 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.309 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3413 robust_rms=0.487 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.702 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3413 robust_rms=0.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.419 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3413 robust_rms_before=0.989 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.348 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.414 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.419
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.414 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits N_match=3413 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.323 n_q1=1188 n_q2=730 n_q3=925 n_q4=570 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.211
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.252
ref2=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits sigma_overall=0.305 worst_q_ratio=1.220
new1=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits sigma_overall=0.375 worst_q_ratio=1.232
new2=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits sigma_overall=0.367 worst_q_ratio=1.211
reference average sigma_overall=0.3045 worst_q_ratio=1.236
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129_astrometric_residuals.png (4753 matched stars from wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164_astrometric_residuals.png (4508 matched stars from wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418_astrometric_residuals.png (3394 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419_astrometric_residuals.png (3413 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-07-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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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: 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59 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 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33
Second-epoch image center 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1076 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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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: 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90 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 03:25:45.853 +05:58:58.33
Second-epoch image center 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.1043 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 03:25:20.971 +06:00:49.59
Second-epoch second image center 03:25:22.636 +06:01:22.90
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01154 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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits &> /tmp/tmp.RfzrrkxvcU
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LXqfQgMMEG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5oatkWvnR4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits &> /tmp/tmp.PIysycmJ2H
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits and wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 40138 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2698 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 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2698 deg
Loaded 4347 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): 3388 out of 3752 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3752 out of 40138 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.807750
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.807750
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.28
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.53
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.53
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 40138 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec +0.6809 to +11.2698 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 43.4339 to 59.4138 deg, Dec 0.6809 to 11.2698 deg
Loaded 4347 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): 3388 out of 3752 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3752 out of 40138 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 36794 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 43.4364 to 59.4140 deg, Dec +0.6695 to +11.2585 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 43.4364 to 59.4140 deg, Dec 0.6695 to 11.2585 deg
Loaded 4354 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): 3421 out of 3757 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3757 out of 36794 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 7 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
2.0 pix Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
2.1 pix fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
2.1 pix fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
15.4 mag. Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (SNR ) 14.5 (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.RfzrrkxvcU (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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=9, blended=1702, bad_region=7340, passed=40129
Got 40129 stars (including 31384 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40129 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4869 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4867 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34352 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4869 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34352 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34352 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4867 stars left (next iteration limit 5353)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits N_match=4867 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.238 n_q1=1596 n_q2=695 n_q3=1675 n_q4=901 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.274
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.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.LXqfQgMMEG (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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=11, blended=1580, bad_region=6747, passed=36783
Got 36783 stars (including 28751 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 36783 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4867 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31491 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31491 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 31491 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4867 stars left (next iteration limit 5353)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits N_match=4867 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.257 n_q1=1595 n_q2=712 n_q3=1658 n_q4=902 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.169
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits -region wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.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.5oatkWvnR4 (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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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=4, blended=1068, bad_region=5508, passed=28209
Got 28209 stars (including 21905 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28209 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 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: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24055 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 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(), 24055 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24055 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4888 stars left (next iteration limit 5375)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits N_match=4888 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.451 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.396 n_q1=1699 n_q2=1037 n_q3=1275 n_q4=877 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.180
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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.PIysycmJ2H (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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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=10, blended=1060, bad_region=5557, passed=28251
Got 28251 stars (including 21918 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28251 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 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: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
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: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 24045 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5376)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits is a symbolic link - not rewriting the WCS of whatever it points to, keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.436 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.360 n_q1=1706 n_q2=1045 n_q3=1264 n_q4=874 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.194
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-04_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0418.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.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_2026-08-11_CI_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_044631_TTUQ2b1x1_1246640_RkKKcZKa/wcs_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-07-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:43:11.94 +06:13:19.9: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:24:16.30 +06:56:01.2: 14.14 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:42:29.31 +03:56:44.9: 13.41 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:42:46.56 +06:09:08.7: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:32:36.88 +03:56:38.8: 14.01 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:14:49.06 +03:41:24.5: 13.57 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_21-59-23_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0129.fits at 03:29:04.30 +05:21:49.5: 15.35 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:14:49.06 +03:41:24.5: 13.50 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:43:11.94 +06:13:19.9: 16.03 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:42:29.31 +03:56:44.9: 13.35 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:29:04.30 +05:21:49.5: 15.58 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:42:46.56 +06:09:08.7: 16.01 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.54 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:24:16.30 +06:56:01.2: 14.10 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:14:49.06 +03:41:24.5: ref_mag=13.54 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.8407 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.38 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_22-38-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0164.fits at 03:32:36.88 +03:56:38.8: 13.95 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.42 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:42:29.31 +03:56:44.9: ref_mag=13.38 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4711 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.12 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:29:04.30 +05:21:49.5: ref_mag=15.42 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=15.0690 delta=0.35 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:24:16.30 +06:56:01.2: ref_mag=14.12 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.3919 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.98 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:32:36.88 +03:56:38.8: ref_mag=13.98 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1644 delta=-0.18 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 51188_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
The candidate 51188_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51192_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
The candidate 51192_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 54010_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
The candidate 54010_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 55421_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
The candidate 55421_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 55467_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
Preparing report for the candidate 55467_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
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Considering the candidate 56567_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
Preparing report for the candidate 56567_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
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Considering the candidate 56888_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419
The candidate 56888_fd_Tau-07-Q2b1x1_2026-08-11_04-40-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0419 did not pass the final checks