This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ
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 15.1912 2461267.6912 12.38 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5
22.81250 56.35211 galactic Boo Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 8.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" Gaia DR3 1187453664437734016
Type: ROT
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.420 G 13.490 G 2.441800000000 M
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5: 14.39 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5: 14.33 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.37 +/- 0.05
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
Gaia DR3 1187453664437734016,2461267.6912,12.38,0.05,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
Gaia DR3 1187453664437734016 20260815.1912 12.38CV 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 15.1912 2461267.6912 13.98 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8
13.90738 56.69280 galactic Boo Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 8.6 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" V0374 Boo
Type: RRAB
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
14.000 CV 15.100 CV 2456072.74790 0.434870000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8: 15.18 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8: 15.04 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.11 +/- 0.10
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
V0374 Boo,2461267.6912,13.98,0.05,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
V0374 Boo 20260815.1912 13.98CV 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: 2461172.82001713 12.05.2026 07:40:39.480 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
First image: 2461172.82001713 12.05.2026 07:40:39.480 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Last image: 2461267.69156949 15.08.2026 04:35:41.604 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 3
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.48
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 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): 4983
Objects passed selection criteria: 4979
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4683
Average stars matched: 4604.75 (98.3291 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232188 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Aug 14 19:27:11 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-191-g1c132b07
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-14)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Aug 15 00:07:19 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: 2461172.82001713 12.05.2026 07:40:39.480 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
First image: 2461172.82001713 12.05.2026 07:40:39.480 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Last image: 2461267.69156949 15.08.2026 04:35:41.604 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 16
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.14
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: 60 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): 31088
Objects passed selection criteria: 31032
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 29317
Average stars matched: 28783.2 (98.1794 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 257516 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Aug 14 19:27:11 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-191-g1c132b07
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-14)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Aug 15 00:10:49 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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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: 2461267.69076958
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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14 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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Image size: 937.2'x623.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14
Second-epoch image center 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0359 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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 937.2'x623.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14
Second-epoch image center 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0296 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76
Second-epoch second image center 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01425 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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nP5YlIlNk0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wozqyJ7WsY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits &> /tmp/tmp.crhojcFcsW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jHufTYNZ0l
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 7234 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.3785 to 235.2514 deg, Dec +8.2123 to +19.5778 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 218.3785 to 235.2514 deg, Dec 8.2123 to 19.5778 deg
Loaded 4767 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): 3527 out of 3718 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3718 out of 7234 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.827400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.827400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.48
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.35
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.35
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 7234 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.3785 to 235.2514 deg, Dec +8.2123 to +19.5778 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 218.3785 to 235.2514 deg, Dec 8.2123 to 19.5778 deg
Loaded 4767 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): 3527 out of 3718 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3718 out of 7234 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 6628 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.4346 to 234.9176 deg, Dec +8.6786 to +19.2475 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 218.4346 to 234.9176 deg, Dec 8.6786 to 19.2475 deg
Loaded 4311 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3551 out of 3659 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3659 out of 6628 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits (aperture=6.1)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 3 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
2.2 pix Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
2.2 pix fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
2.2 pix fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
15.2 mag. Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 11.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.nP5YlIlNk0 (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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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=532, bad_region=1460, passed=7234
Got 7234 stars (including 5354 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7234 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4833 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4826 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
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 491 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4833 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4826 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6065 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 4826 stars left (next iteration limit 5308)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits N_match=4826 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.554 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.375 n_q1=1543 n_q2=738 n_q3=1701 n_q4=844 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.510
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits -region wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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.wozqyJ7WsY (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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=395, bad_region=1458, passed=6628
Got 6628 stars (including 4852 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6628 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4687 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4679 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4679 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4679 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5471 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4686 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4677 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5471 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4677 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5471 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4677 stars left (next iteration limit 5146)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits N_match=4677 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.320 n_q1=1476 n_q2=797 n_q3=1560 n_q4=844 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.045
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits -region wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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.crhojcFcsW (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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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=328, bad_region=930, passed=4888
Got 4888 stars (including 3705 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4888 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3571 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3563 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3563 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3563 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4160 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3571 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3563 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4160 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3563 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4160 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 3563 stars left (next iteration limit 3919)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3563 robust_rms=6.809 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.246 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3563 robust_rms=0.409 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.475 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3563 robust_rms=0.333 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.351 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3563 robust_rms_before=0.935 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.332 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.333 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.345 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.351
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.345 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits N_match=3563 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.352 n_q1=1162 n_q2=617 n_q3=1164 n_q4=620 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.029
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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.jHufTYNZ0l (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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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=334, bad_region=919, passed=4853
Got 4853 stars (including 3669 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4853 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3537 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3529 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3529 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4139 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3535 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3528 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4139 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3528 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4139 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 3528 stars left (next iteration limit 3881)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=6.867 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.250 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=0.433 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.527 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3528 robust_rms=0.357 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.399 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3528 robust_rms_before=0.939 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.358 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.357 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.393 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.399
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.393 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=3528 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.358 n_q1=1148 n_q2=604 n_q3=1148 n_q4=628 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.077
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits sigma_overall=0.367 worst_q_ratio=1.510
ref2=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits sigma_overall=0.308 worst_q_ratio=1.045
new1=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits sigma_overall=0.344 worst_q_ratio=1.029
new2=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits sigma_overall=0.377 worst_q_ratio=1.077
reference average sigma_overall=0.3375 worst_q_ratio=1.2775
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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268_astrometric_residuals.png (4826 matched stars from wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618_astrometric_residuals.png (4677 matched stars from wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160_astrometric_residuals.png (3563 matched stars from wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161_astrometric_residuals.png (3528 matched stars from wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 0s
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Considering the candidate 20307_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 20307_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:19:33.80 +11:55:48.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 03054_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 03054_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:21:39.34 +14:18:52.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 01157_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 01157_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:54:20.05 +17:41:42.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 1s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Boo-10-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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Found WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14 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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Image size: 937.2'x623.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14
Second-epoch image center 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0359 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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Image size: 937.2'x623.9' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 15:06:31.514 +14:00:32.14
Second-epoch image center 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0296 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 15:06:29.949 +13:58:24.76
Second-epoch second image center 15:06:27.551 +13:59:02.34
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01425 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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QsGFL4phw6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8okiheU8qj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits &> /tmp/tmp.vFm5GofhHS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HqRqNCm12a
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits and wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits) and catalog (wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 44426 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.3694 to 235.2514 deg, Dec +8.1851 to +19.5923 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 218.3694 to 235.2514 deg, Dec 8.1851 to 19.5923 deg
Loaded 4784 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): 3314 out of 3736 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 44426 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.695550
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.695550
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.14
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 44426 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.3694 to 235.2514 deg, Dec +8.1851 to +19.5923 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 218.3694 to 235.2514 deg, Dec 8.1851 to 19.5923 deg
Loaded 4784 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): 3314 out of 3736 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3736 out of 44426 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 37570 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 218.4346 to 234.9175 deg, Dec +8.6739 to +19.2567 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 218.4346 to 234.9175 deg, Dec 8.6739 to 19.2567 deg
Loaded 4315 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): 3412 out of 3704 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3704 out of 37570 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 14 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
2.1 pix Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
2.1 pix fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
2.1 pix fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
15.3 mag. Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 14.3 (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.QsGFL4phw6 (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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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=26, blended=1964, bad_region=7840, passed=44400
Got 44400 stars (including 34933 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 44400 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 490 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4823 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4819 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 38353 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 490 to 549 (Dec 8.2 to 19.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4823 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 38353 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 38353 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4819 stars left (next iteration limit 5300)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits N_match=4819 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.548 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.363 n_q1=1572 n_q2=776 n_q3=1648 n_q4=823 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.504
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits -region wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.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.8okiheU8qj (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits' -> 'wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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=8, blended=1496, bad_region=5911, passed=37562
Got 37562 stars (including 30424 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 37562 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4817 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4811 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33169 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4817 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33169 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4811 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33169 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4811 stars left (next iteration limit 5292)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits N_match=4811 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.303 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.315 n_q1=1518 n_q2=823 n_q3=1594 n_q4=876 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.041
The image catalog is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits -region wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.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.vFm5GofhHS (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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=1343, bad_region=3537, passed=28375
Got 28375 stars (including 24000 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28375 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4828 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4828 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4821 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25688 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4821 stars left (next iteration limit 5302)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4821 robust_rms=6.337 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.790 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4821 robust_rms=0.423 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.478 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4821 robust_rms=0.343 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.362 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4821 robust_rms_before=0.939 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.346 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.343 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.368 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.362
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.368 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits N_match=4821 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.352 n_q1=1594 n_q2=766 n_q3=1649 n_q4=812 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.054
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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.HqRqNCm12a (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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=1360, bad_region=3547, passed=28482
Got 28482 stars (including 24093 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 28482 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4821 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4815 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25781 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4820 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25781 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25781 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4815 stars left (next iteration limit 5296)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4815 robust_rms=6.271 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.247 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4815 robust_rms=0.435 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.510 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4815 robust_rms=0.365 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.397 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4815 robust_rms_before=0.951 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.361 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.365 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.392 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.397
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.392 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits N_match=4815 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.355 n_q1=1604 n_q2=754 n_q3=1656 n_q4=801 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.062
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits -region wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-34-32_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0160.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.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_2026-08-15_CI_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_000115_TTUQ2b1x1_1750945_jLC9dnOQ/wcs_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Boo-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:28:04.07 +09:45:28.3: 14.28 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:16:03.64 +15:32:23.0: 14.40 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:10:01.98 +12:19:47.4: 14.58 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:17:28.71 +10:30:11.4: 12.71 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:28:24.80 +18:05:35.3: 15.31 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:13:20.87 +13:15:31.8: 13.93 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:34:27.50 +15:07:31.2: 14.79 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:10:01.98 +12:19:47.4: 14.89 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:13:20.87 +13:15:31.8: 14.11 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.67 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:17:28.71 +10:30:11.4: 12.89 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:10:01.98 +12:19:47.4: ref_mag=14.67 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7118 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.99 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:13:20.87 +13:15:31.8: ref_mag=13.99 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0806 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.78 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:16:03.64 +15:32:23.0: 14.28 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:17:28.71 +10:30:11.4: ref_mag=12.78 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.9200 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:34:27.50 +15:07:31.2: 14.59 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.34 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:16:03.64 +15:32:23.0: ref_mag=14.34 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.3385 delta=-0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.69 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5: 14.39 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:34:27.50 +15:07:31.2: ref_mag=14.69 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.3445 delta=0.35 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:28:04.07 +09:45:28.3: 14.19 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.24 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:28:24.80 +18:05:35.3: 14.73 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:28:04.07 +09:45:28.3: ref_mag=14.24 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.0740 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.92 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 15:28:24.80 +18:05:35.3: ref_mag=14.92 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6330 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-12_02-40-39_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHTs_0268.fits at 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8: 15.18 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5: 14.33 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.37 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 15:10:34.63 +17:02:03.5: ref_mag=14.37 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=12.3741 delta=1.99 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-05-18_01-36-54_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_1618.fits at 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8: 15.04 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.11 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 15:00:06.40 +12:48:47.8: ref_mag=15.11 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=13.9618 delta=1.15 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out09232.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out30901.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 8s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 51784_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51784_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51794_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51794_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:15:02.46 +10:19:21.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 51814_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51814_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51826_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51826_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:10:25.64 +11:39:22.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 51827_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51827_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 15:22:23.01 +12:35:32.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 51853_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51853_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51863_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51863_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51894_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51894_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51905_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51905_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 51956_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 51956_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 09232_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
Preparing report for the candidate 09232_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
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Considering the candidate 30901_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
Preparing report for the candidate 30901_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
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Considering the candidate 07169_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 07169_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:54:20.05 +17:41:42.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 19595_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161
The candidate 19595_fd_Boo-10-Q2b1x1_2026-08-14_23-35-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0161 did not pass the final checks