This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2
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 17.1509 2461269.6509 14.15 13:52:01.26 +02:56:56.2
336.46178 61.81106 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.9" and 6.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.234 Barbara -0 -1 1 14.3 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:52:01.26 +02:56:56.2: 15.94 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:52:01.26 +02:56:56.2: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 08 17.1509* 13 52 01.26 +02 56 56.2 14.2 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461269.6509,14.15,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260817.1509 14.15CV 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 17.1509 2461269.6509 12.52 13:44:46.94 +05:55:14.4
336.21387 65.28576 galactic Vir Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.8" and 5.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.387 Aquitania -0 -0 0 12.5 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:44:46.94 +05:55:14.4: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:44:46.94 +05:55:14.4: 16.06 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 08 17.1509* 13 44 46.94 +05 55 14.4 12.5 U Vir 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461269.6509,12.52,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260817.1509 12.52CV 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: 2461146.79418561 16.04.2026 07:03:27.637 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
First image: 2461146.79418561 16.04.2026 07:03:27.637 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Last image: 2461269.65115043 17.08.2026 03:37:29.397 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.58
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 5707
Objects passed selection criteria: 5699
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4694
Average stars matched: 4576 (97.4862 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232168 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 Sun Aug 16 23:27:13 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: 2461146.79418561 16.04.2026 07:03:27.637 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
First image: 2461146.79418561 16.04.2026 07:03:27.637 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Last image: 2461269.65115043 17.08.2026 03:37:29.397 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 19
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 43 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): 30197
Objects passed selection criteria: 30119
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.3 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 26756
Average stars matched: 25651 (95.8701 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 254176 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 Sun Aug 16 23:28:54 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/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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: 2461269.65058486
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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Image size: 942.1'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: 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83
Second-epoch image center 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0404 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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Image size: 942.1'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: 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83
Second-epoch image center 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0401 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 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00943 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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8cO6rUKoNN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5iWdblhfUf
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kafMm2WFNc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits &> /tmp/tmp.mfDGWs7ajN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5924 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6860 to 213.6029 deg, Dec +0.6473 to +11.2866 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.6860 to 213.6029 deg, Dec 0.6473 to 11.2866 deg
Loaded 4020 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 3436 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3436 out of 5924 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.818650
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.818650
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.58
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.24
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5924 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6860 to 213.6029 deg, Dec +0.6473 to +11.2866 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.6860 to 213.6029 deg, Dec 0.6473 to 11.2866 deg
Loaded 4020 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 3436 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3436 out of 5924 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 5898 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.7680 to 213.6449 deg, Dec +0.7344 to +11.2664 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.7680 to 213.6449 deg, Dec 0.7344 to 11.2664 deg
Loaded 3975 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): 3346 out of 3439 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3439 out of 5898 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits (aperture=6.5)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.4 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
2.3 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
15.2 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 11.6 (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
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=385, bad_region=0, passed=5924
Got 5924 stars (including 5536 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5924 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4888 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4888 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4896 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4887 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5924 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4887 stars left (next iteration limit 5376)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits N_match=4887 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.415 n_q1=1203 n_q2=1127 n_q3=1258 n_q4=1299 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.097
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=331, bad_region=0, passed=5898
Got 5898 stars (including 5560 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5898 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5898 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5377)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.416 n_q1=1193 n_q2=1138 n_q3=1259 n_q4=1299 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.133
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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.kafMm2WFNc (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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=195, bad_region=0, passed=3535
Got 3535 stars (including 3340 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3535 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013085 (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 0.010468 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3277 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3274 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3274 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3274 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3535 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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3278 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3275 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3535 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3275 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3535 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 3275 stars left (next iteration limit 3601)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3275 robust_rms=9.813 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.665 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3275 robust_rms=0.516 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.643 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3275 robust_rms=0.345 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.391 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3275 robust_rms_before=1.185 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.312 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.345 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.341 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.391
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.341 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits N_match=3275 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.290 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=838 n_q2=746 n_q3=895 n_q4=796 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.115
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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.mfDGWs7ajN (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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=201, bad_region=0, passed=3527
Got 3527 stars (including 3324 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3527 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013085 (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 0.010468 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3261 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3259 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3259 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3259 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3527 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 451 to 509 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3261 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3259 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3527 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3259 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3527 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 3259 stars left (next iteration limit 3584)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=3259 robust_rms=9.881 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.093 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=3259 robust_rms=0.497 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.549 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=3259 robust_rms=0.334 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.365 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=3259 robust_rms_before=1.146 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.315 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.334 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.342 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.365
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.342 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits N_match=3259 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=839 n_q2=723 n_q3=913 n_q4=784 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.126
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits sigma_overall=0.378 worst_q_ratio=1.097
ref2=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits sigma_overall=0.371 worst_q_ratio=1.133
new1=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits sigma_overall=0.320 worst_q_ratio=1.115
new2=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits sigma_overall=0.326 worst_q_ratio=1.126
reference average sigma_overall=0.3745 worst_q_ratio=1.115
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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263_astrometric_residuals.png (4887 matched stars from wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210_astrometric_residuals.png (4889 matched stars from wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080_astrometric_residuals.png (3275 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081_astrometric_residuals.png (3259 matched stars from wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Image size: 937.5'x624.4' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Image size: 942.1'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: 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83
Second-epoch image center 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0404 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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Image size: 942.1'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: 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 13:42:48.379 +05:59:44.83
Second-epoch image center 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0401 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 13:42:58.075 +06:00:01.51
Second-epoch second image center 13:42:57.465 +06:00:34.21
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00943 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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits &> /tmp/tmp.yRbyHchGqi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits &> /tmp/tmp.QHlhiIgfEn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits &> /tmp/tmp.n42413AaMv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jqzHXjkhMG
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits and wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits) and catalog (wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 32817 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6811 to 213.6030 deg, Dec +0.6240 to +11.2910 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 197.6811 to 213.6030 deg, Dec 0.6240 to 11.2910 deg
Loaded 4036 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): 3217 out of 3466 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3466 out of 32817 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.694300
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.694300
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 32817 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.6811 to 213.6030 deg, Dec +0.6240 to +11.2910 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 197.6811 to 213.6030 deg, Dec 0.6240 to 11.2910 deg
Loaded 4036 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): 3217 out of 3466 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3466 out of 32817 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (aperture=5.0)
Read 32226 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 197.7458 to 213.6555 deg, Dec +0.7322 to +11.2706 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 197.7458 to 213.6555 deg, Dec 0.7322 to 11.2706 deg
Loaded 3985 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): 3267 out of 3461 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3461 out of 32226 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits (aperture=5.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 18 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
2.1 pix Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
2.2 pix fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
15.4 mag. Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
14.6 mag. fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.6 (SNR ) 14.1 (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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=27, blended=1293, bad_region=1, passed=32790
Got 32790 stars (including 31463 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32790 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013021 (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 0.010417 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32790 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.6 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4888 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32790 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32790 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4883 stars left (next iteration limit 5372)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits N_match=4883 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.395 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.358 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=1180 n_q2=1149 n_q3=1224 n_q4=1330 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.083
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits' -> 'wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=1237, bad_region=0, passed=32214
Got 32214 stars (including 30922 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32214 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4889 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32214 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32214 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4889 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32214 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 4889 stars left (next iteration limit 5377)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits N_match=4889 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.406 n_q1=1211 n_q2=1139 n_q3=1267 n_q4=1272 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.126
The image catalog is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits -region wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.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.n42413AaMv (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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=618, bad_region=9, passed=21499
Got 21499 stars (including 20841 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21499 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013085 (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 0.010468 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4883 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4883 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21499 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21499 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21499 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 4884 stars left (next iteration limit 5371)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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=4884 robust_rms=9.067 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.167 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4884 robust_rms=0.517 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.625 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4884 robust_rms=0.359 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.404 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4884 robust_rms_before=1.196 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.320 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.359 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.353 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.404
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.353 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits N_match=4884 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.359 n_q1=1349 n_q2=1088 n_q3=1358 n_q4=1089 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.105
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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.jqzHXjkhMG (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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=646, bad_region=13, passed=21326
Got 21326 stars (including 20622 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21326 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 942.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 942.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013085 (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 0.010468 (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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21326 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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21326 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21326 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Excluding outliers - 4881 stars left (next iteration limit 5370)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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=4881 robust_rms=9.050 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.878 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4881 robust_rms=0.500 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.561 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4881 robust_rms=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.392 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4881 robust_rms_before=1.156 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.325 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.364 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.392
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.364 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits N_match=4881 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.364 n_q1=1356 n_q2=1083 n_q3=1348 n_q4=1094 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.113
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits -region wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.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_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.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_2026-08-16_CI_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_223805_TTUQ1b1x1_1909925_8yXnrby2/wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-36-40_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0080.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
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Preparing the HTML report for the field Vir-04-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:15:42.13 +07:57:16.8: 13.29 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 14:06:29.09 +05:57:31.4: 11.22 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 14:06:12.62 +09:53:32.7: 12.90 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:28:18.25 +02:15:19.2: 13.18 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 14:09:08.71 +09:38:30.4: 14.71 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 14:09:46.18 +07:36:25.8: 14.74 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:52:01.26 +02:56:56.2: 15.94 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 14:12:51.35 +09:48:18.5: 15.35 +/- 0.29 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 14:06:12.62 +09:53:32.7: 12.88 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:28:18.25 +02:15:19.2: 13.29 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.89 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:06:12.62 +09:53:32.7: ref_mag=12.89 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=12.9714 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 14:06:29.09 +05:57:31.4: 11.19 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.23 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:15:42.13 +07:57:16.8: 13.44 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:28:18.25 +02:15:19.2: ref_mag=13.23 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2567 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.20 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.35 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:06:29.09 +05:57:31.4: ref_mag=11.20 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.7015 delta=-0.50 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 13:15:42.13 +07:57:16.8: ref_mag=13.35 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.1681 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 14:09:08.71 +09:38:30.4: 14.77 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.74 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 14:09:46.18 +07:36:25.8: 14.59 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:09:08.71 +09:38:30.4: ref_mag=14.74 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.5651 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.65 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 14:12:51.35 +09:48:18.5: 15.11 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:09:46.18 +07:36:25.8: ref_mag=14.65 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.6437 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:52:01.26 +02:56:56.2: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.20 +/- 0.17
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 14:12:51.35 +09:48:18.5: ref_mag=15.20 +/- 0.17 new_mean_mag=14.6589 delta=0.54 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-04-16_02-03-27_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0263.fits at 13:44:46.94 +05:55:14.4: 16.07 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-05-12_01-22-22_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0210.fits at 13:44:46.94 +05:55:14.4: 16.06 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out16351.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out53885.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 52849_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 52849_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53023_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53023_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:29:19.10 +10:48:00.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53093_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53093_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53137_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53137_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:16:31.53 +01:26:50.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53210_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53210_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:01:29.62 +04:07:31.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53218_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53218_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:16:57.68 +05:10:19.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53275_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53275_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53280_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53280_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:57:09.49 +10:19:07.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53340_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53340_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 14:02:29.68 +09:39:33.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53348_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53348_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53625_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53625_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:38:46.80 +09:57:44.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 53858_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53858_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53885_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
Preparing report for the candidate 53885_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
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Considering the candidate 53940_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53940_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 53972_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 53972_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 31712_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 31712_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 13:19:49.65 +04:07:25.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 50115_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081
The candidate 50115_fd_Vir-04-Q1b1x1_2026-08-16_22-37-29_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0081 did not pass the final checks