This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz
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 28.4744 2461280.9744 9.48 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0
221.28289 14.37997 galactic Mon Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 10.0 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" V0831 Mon
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
9.900 V < 14.000 V 2452911.00000 321.000000000000 C3,3
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0: 11.05 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0: 11.03 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.04 +/- 0.00
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
V0831 Mon,2461280.9744,9.48,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
V0831 Mon 20260828.4744 9.48CV 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 28.4744 2461280.9744 9.69 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6
219.63535 6.18287 galactic Mon Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 10.0 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" V0686 Mon
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.500 pg < 21.000 pg 2452923.60000 356.000000000000 M10
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6: 11.50 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6: 11.49 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.49 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
V0686 Mon,2461280.9744,9.69,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
V0686 Mon 20260828.4744 9.69CV 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 28.4744 2461280.9744 12.07 07:45:51.41 +00:55:37.9
218.38908 12.51507 galactic CMi Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 10.1 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" CN CMi
Type: M
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
12.100 V < 15.000 V 2453822.00000 418.000000000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:45:51.41 +00:55:37.9: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:45:51.41 +00:55:37.9: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
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
CN CMi,2461280.9744,12.07,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
CN CMi 20260828.4744 12.07CV 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 28.4744 2461280.9744 10.54 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8
222.05144 14.30432 galactic Mon Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 10.1 pix
The object was found in VSX 2" ASAS J075853-0122.6
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.510 V Y 1.050 V 2452714.40000 207.000000000000 M
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8: 11.73 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.75 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J075853-0122.6,2461280.9744,10.54,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ASAS J075853-0122.6 20260828.4744 10.54CV 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 28.4744 2461280.9744 11.05 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7
221.50782 12.97323 galactic Mon Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.6" and 9.6 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" ASAS J075311-0132.7
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.660 V Y 0.490 V 2452070.50000 103.000000000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7: 12.08 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.08 +/- 0.01
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J075311-0132.7,2461280.9744,11.05,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ASAS J075311-0132.7 20260828.4744 11.05CV 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 28.4744 2461280.9744 11.62 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8
216.38947 8.10132 galactic CMi Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.3" and 9.9 pix
The object was found in VSX 3" ASAS J072634+0038.2
Type: SR
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
12.790 V Y 1.040 V 2453400.00000 248.000000000000 M
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8: 12.67 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
ASAS J072634+0038.2,2461280.9744,11.62,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
ASAS J072634+0038.2 20260828.4744 11.62CV 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: 2461082.71842801 11.02.2026 05:14:22.180 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
First image: 2461082.71842801 11.02.2026 05:14:22.180 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Last image: 2461280.97465662 28.08.2026 11:23:20.332 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 4
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.87
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): 18901
Objects passed selection criteria: 18751
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.2 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 10915.2
Average stars matched: 10353.5 (94.8535 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 245972 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Aug 24 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-195-gae6eb4b1
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Aug 28 06:34:00 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461082.71842801 11.02.2026 05:14:22.180 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
First image: 2461082.71842801 11.02.2026 05:14:22.180 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Last image: 2461280.97465662 28.08.2026 11:23:20.332 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 40
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.46
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: 18 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): 139065
Objects passed selection criteria: 138584
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.3 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 87161.2
Average stars matched: 80257.2 (92.079 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 610696 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Mon Aug 24 15:05:05 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-195-gae6eb4b1
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-08-24)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Fri Aug 28 06:34:58 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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: 2461280.97412365
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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Image size: 941.7'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Image size: 940.9'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:43.898 -01:58:51.31 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 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08
Second-epoch image center 07:42:43.898 -01:58:51.31
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0428 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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Image size: 940.8'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15 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 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08
Second-epoch image center 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0592 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 07:42:43.898 -01:58:51.31
Second-epoch second image center 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01656 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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SExZpkdmRK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qZqMNbNRej
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits &> /tmp/tmp.klnMZrZ2x6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8eC3faLWee
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits) and catalog (wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 29353 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.8092 to 123.6697 deg, Dec -7.3143 to +3.3253 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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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 107.8092 to 123.6697 deg, Dec -7.3143 to 3.3253 deg
Loaded 18109 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): 13882 out of 15489 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 15489 out of 29353 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.877600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.877600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.87
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.01
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.01
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 29353 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.8092 to 123.6697 deg, Dec -7.3143 to +3.3253 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 107.8092 to 123.6697 deg, Dec -7.3143 to 3.3253 deg
Loaded 18109 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): 13882 out of 15489 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 15489 out of 29353 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 29091 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.8032 to 123.6670 deg, Dec -7.3210 to +3.3159 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.11
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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 107.8032 to 123.6670 deg, Dec -7.3210 to 3.3159 deg
Loaded 18126 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): 13785 out of 15457 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 15457 out of 29091 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (aperture=6.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.5 pix Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
2.5 pix Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
2.2 pix fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
2.2 pix fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.0 mag. Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
15.0 mag. Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
12.5 mag. fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
12.5 mag. fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.5 (SNR ) 9.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.SExZpkdmRK (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' -> 'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=3313, bad_region=9782, passed=29353
Got 29353 stars (including 17468 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29353 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21438 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21438 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4921 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21438 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 4921 stars left (next iteration limit 5413)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits N_match=4921 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.437 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=1316 n_q2=933 n_q3=1519 n_q4=1153 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.190
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -region wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.qZqMNbNRej (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=3386, bad_region=9749, passed=29091
Got 29091 stars (including 17194 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29091 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4937 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4920 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21191 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4936 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21191 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4920 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 21191 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45"
Excluding outliers - 4920 stars left (next iteration limit 5412)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=4920 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.459 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.505 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.417 n_q1=1314 n_q2=932 n_q3=1534 n_q4=1140 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.100
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.klnMZrZ2x6 (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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=478, bad_region=405, passed=2980
Got 2980 stars (including 2148 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2980 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2116 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2101 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2101 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2101 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2628 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2114 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2099 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2628 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2099 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2627 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 2099 stars left (next iteration limit 2311)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2099 robust_rms=5.148 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.706 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2099 robust_rms=0.658 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.658 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2099 robust_rms=0.567 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.584 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2099 robust_rms_before=1.484 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.634 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.567 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.651 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.584
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:43.971 -01:58:52.67 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
### Converted positions of 2980 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky3680778.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 1.484 -> 0.567 arcsec)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits N_match=2099 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.608 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.658 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.563 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.641 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.577 n_q1=840 n_q2=291 n_q3=691 n_q4=277 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.083
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits -region wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.8eC3faLWee (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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=481, bad_region=397, passed=2887
Got 2887 stars (including 2064 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2887 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2032 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2015 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2015 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2015 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2543 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2031 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2013 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2543 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2013 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2543 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Excluding outliers - 2013 stars left (next iteration limit 2216)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2013 robust_rms=5.175 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=13.619 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2013 robust_rms=0.661 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.672 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2013 robust_rms=0.563 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.594 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2013 robust_rms_before=1.431 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.613 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.563 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.643 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.594
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.643 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits N_match=2013 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.614 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.666 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.647 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.646 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.546 n_q1=794 n_q2=281 n_q3=657 n_q4=281 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits -region wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits sigma_overall=0.368 worst_q_ratio=1.190
ref2=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits sigma_overall=0.459 worst_q_ratio=1.100
new1=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits sigma_overall=0.608 worst_q_ratio=1.083
new2=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits sigma_overall=0.614 worst_q_ratio=1.084
reference average sigma_overall=0.4135 worst_q_ratio=1.145
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184_astrometric_residuals.png (4921 matched stars from wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185_astrometric_residuals.png (4920 matched stars from wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486_astrometric_residuals.png (2099 matched stars from wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.48 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487_astrometric_residuals.png (2013 matched stars from wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.56 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Mon-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6: 11.50 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0: 11.05 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0: 11.03 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6: 11.49 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.04 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.49 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0: ref_mag=11.04 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=9.4801 delta=1.56 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6: ref_mag=11.49 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=9.6909 delta=1.80 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out09798.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out16292.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 3s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 09798_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 09798_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 16292_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 16292_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 5s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Mon-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
07:57:43.28 -00:41:08.0
07:25:42.69 -03:06:19.6
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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Image size: 941.7'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:43.971 -01:58:52.67 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 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08
Second-epoch image center 07:42:43.971 -01:58:52.67
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0423 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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Image size: 940.8'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15 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 07:42:52.056 -02:00:25.08
Second-epoch image center 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0592 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 07:42:43.971 -01:58:52.67
Second-epoch second image center 07:42:41.228 -01:58:07.15
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01704 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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KyBo4L314k
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aOYNKVHa41
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits &> /tmp/tmp.KBIimQDkml
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits &> /tmp/tmp.0b6cmBdNZ9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits and wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits) and catalog (wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 193105 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.8036 to 123.6815 deg, Dec -7.3159 to +3.3252 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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.11
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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 107.8036 to 123.6815 deg, Dec -7.3159 to 3.3252 deg
Loaded 18137 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): 10827 out of 16300 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 16300 out of 193105 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.695100
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.695100
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.46
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 193105 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.8036 to 123.6815 deg, Dec -7.3159 to +3.3252 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
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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.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 107.8036 to 123.6815 deg, Dec -7.3159 to 3.3252 deg
Loaded 18137 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): 10827 out of 16300 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 16300 out of 193105 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 195942 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 107.7935 to 123.6689 deg, Dec -7.3250 to +3.3172 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.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.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 107.7935 to 123.6689 deg, Dec -7.3250 to 3.3172 deg
Loaded 18164 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): 10675 out of 16304 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 16304 out of 195942 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 31 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
2.1 pix Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
2.0 pix fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
2.0 pix fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
15.2 mag. Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
12.9 mag. fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
12.9 mag. fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 12.9 (SNR ) 12.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.KyBo4L314k (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits' -> 'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=41, blended=29687, bad_region=52112, passed=193064
Got 193064 stars (including 120710 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 193064 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4918 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4918 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 151401 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 151401 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 151402 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4919 stars left (next iteration limit 5409)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits N_match=4919 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.313 n_q1=1386 n_q2=869 n_q3=1617 n_q4=1047 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.196
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits -region wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.aOYNKVHa41 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=40, blended=30373, bad_region=53204, passed=195902
Got 195902 stars (including 122071 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 195902 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (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 0.010463 (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 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 153279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4934 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 153279 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4919 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 153281 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
Excluding outliers - 4919 stars left (next iteration limit 5410)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=4919 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.372 n_q1=1377 n_q2=885 n_q3=1620 n_q4=1037 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.110
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.KBIimQDkml (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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1302, bad_region=2643, passed=36486
Got 36486 stars (including 32570 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 36486 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4938 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34574 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4937 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34574 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4897 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34574 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56"
Excluding outliers - 4897 stars left (next iteration limit 5384)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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=4897 robust_rms=5.078 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=20.084 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4897 robust_rms=0.666 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.680 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4897 robust_rms=0.566 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.592 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4897 robust_rms_before=0.571 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.573 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.566 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.588 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.592
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.588 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits N_match=4897 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.586 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.591 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.538 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.639 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.577 n_q1=1972 n_q2=611 n_q3=1638 n_q4=676 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.091
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits -region wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.0b6cmBdNZ9 (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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1316, bad_region=2572, passed=35462
Got 35462 stars (including 31616 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 35462 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013067 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010453 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4937 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33598 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 413 to 468 (Dec -7.3 to 3.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4935 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33598 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33598 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5387)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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=4898 robust_rms=5.113 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=19.955 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4898 robust_rms=0.657 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.689 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4898 robust_rms=0.565 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.586 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4898 robust_rms_before=1.420 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.562 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.565 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.582 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.586
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.582 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.575 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.609 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.547 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.614 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.526 n_q1=1987 n_q2=598 n_q3=1633 n_q4=680 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.068
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits -region wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
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_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-22-34_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0486.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.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_2026-08-28_CI_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_063142_TTUQ2b1x1_3673127_VutO3prz/wcs_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Mon-03-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:30:01.76 +00:07:14.6: 11.48 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:32:42.81 -06:02:43.1: 10.48 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:40:07.30 +00:38:32.9: 11.30 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:42:08.47 -03:31:12.0: 11.86 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:45:51.41 +00:55:37.9: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:30:01.76 +00:07:14.6: 11.49 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:32:42.81 -06:02:43.1: 10.49 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:40:07.30 +00:38:32.9: 11.31 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 10.49 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.48 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.30 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 07:30:01.76 +00:07:14.6: ref_mag=11.48 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.7670 delta=-0.28 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 07:32:42.81 -06:02:43.1: ref_mag=10.49 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.7903 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 07:40:07.30 +00:38:32.9: ref_mag=11.30 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.6258 delta=-0.32 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:45:51.41 +00:55:37.9: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:42:08.47 -03:31:12.0: 11.84 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.85 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 07:42:08.47 -03:31:12.0: ref_mag=11.85 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9702 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:43:28.23 -04:40:14.9: 12.41 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8: 11.73 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:43:28.23 -04:40:14.9: 12.46 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.44 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 07:43:28.23 -04:40:14.9: ref_mag=12.44 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5621 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-14-22_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0184.fits at 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8: 12.64 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7: 12.08 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.75 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 07:58:52.26 -01:22:35.8: ref_mag=11.75 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.5421 delta=1.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.08 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 07:53:10.83 -01:32:41.7: ref_mag=12.08 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.0522 delta=1.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-02-10_23-15-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits at 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8: 12.67 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.66 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 07:26:33.68 +00:38:13.8: ref_mag=12.66 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=11.6182 delta=1.04 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out223760.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out39703.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out78203.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out80891.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 2s
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Considering the candidate 217103_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217103_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:30:18.80 -03:40:34.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 217104_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217104_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:31:06.75 +01:32:53.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 217112_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217112_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 217115_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217115_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 217116_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217116_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:25:19.51 -03:07:56.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 217118_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217118_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:46:07.67 +00:13:06.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 217119_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 217119_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 219469_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 219469_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:38:45.99 -01:27:14.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 221636_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 221636_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:32:50.93 -01:48:29.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 221991_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 221991_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:27:11.95 -05:34:32.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 222141_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 222141_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:47:06.34 +00:01:08.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 222470_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 222470_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:25:55.38 -02:15:51.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 222970_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 222970_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:51:41.67 +01:47:14.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 223310_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 223310_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:58:13.89 +02:13:51.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 223429_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 223429_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 223626_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 223626_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:31:09.55 -06:01:29.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 223760_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 223760_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 225051_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 225051_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:30:55.64 -05:14:55.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 225413_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 225413_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:31:00.15 -03:32:01.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 225414_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 225414_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:37:45.44 -00:26:54.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 225931_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 225931_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:46:46.14 -03:53:58.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 226339_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 226339_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:32:44.88 -02:01:05.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 227288_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 227288_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:39:17.37 -00:08:02.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 229162_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 229162_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64375_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 64375_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:57:43.33 -00:41:05.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 78203_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 78203_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 80891_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 80891_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 39703_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
Preparing report for the candidate 39703_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
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Considering the candidate 23292_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 23292_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:54:00.81 +01:44:12.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 81124_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 81124_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 07:31:14.01 -01:40:04.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 31880_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487
The candidate 31880_fd_Mon-03-Q2b1x1_2026-08-28_06-23-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0487 did not pass the final checks
