This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch
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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 11.85 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1
74.32181 -64.40965 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 7.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.113 Amalthea -0 0 0 11.9 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1: 15.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1: 15.44 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,11.85,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 11.85CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 12.06 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8
52.73103 -56.36541 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 7.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.117 Lomia -0 -0 0 12.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8: 15.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8: 15.48 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,12.06,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 12.06CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 12.60 23:33:21.58 -12:17:19.8
68.15576 -66.44395 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 7.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.530 Turandot -0 -0 0 12.7 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:33:21.58 -12:17:19.8: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:33:21.58 -12:17:19.8: 15.51 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,12.60,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 12.60CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 12.82 23:17:31.87 -10:11:21.7
65.88805 -62.14179 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.442 Eichsfeldia 0 -0 0 12.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:17:31.87 -10:11:21.7: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:17:31.87 -10:11:21.7: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,12.82,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 12.82CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 13.28 22:45:08.00 -09:04:46.9
58.11771 -55.15274 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.4" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.208 Lacrimosa -1 -1 1 13.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:45:08.00 -09:04:46.9: 15.75 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:45:08.00 -09:04:46.9: 15.70 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,13.28,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 13.28CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 13.78 22:35:48.31 -14:04:47.0
48.48071 -55.82934 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 7.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.367 Amicitia -0 -0 0 13.6 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:35:48.31 -14:04:47.0: 15.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:35:48.31 -14:04:47.0: 15.44 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,13.78,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 13.78CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 14.06 23:39:52.55 -05:20:05.6
81.72509 -62.33533 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.2" and 7.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.981 Martina -0 1 1 14.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:39:52.55 -05:20:05.6: 15.38 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:39:52.55 -05:20:05.6: 15.37 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,14.06,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 14.06CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 14.15 22:47:38.94 -07:44:47.6
60.63336 -54.86391 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 7.3 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.1386 Storeria -1 1 1 14.1 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:47:38.94 -07:44:47.6: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:47:38.94 -07:44:47.6: 15.80 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,14.15,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 14.15CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 14.29 23:03:12.25 -07:36:02.9
65.20810 -57.77085 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.8" and 7.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.1610 Mirnaya -1 0 1 14.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:03:12.25 -07:36:02.9: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:03:12.25 -07:36:02.9: 15.90 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,14.29,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 14.29CV 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 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 14.38 22:50:23.80 -09:52:38.8
58.29512 -56.67292 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 7.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.2271 Kiso -0 -1 1 14.3 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:50:23.80 -09:52:38.8: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:50:23.80 -09:52:38.8: 15.75 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,14.38,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 14.38CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.3046 2461288.8046 14.53 22:40:18.65 -11:27:46.2
53.47442 -55.48133 galactic Aqr Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" and 7.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.641 Agnes 1 0 1 14.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:40:18.65 -11:27:46.2: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:40:18.65 -11:27:46.2: 15.60 +/- 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
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8046,14.53,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3046 14.53CV 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: 2461242.93886633 21.07.2026 10:31:48.051 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
First image: 2461242.93886633 21.07.2026 10:31:48.051 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Last image: 2461288.80500644 05.09.2026 07:19:02.556 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 5
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.66
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: 6 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): 5590
Objects passed selection criteria: 5584
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5286.25
Average stars matched: 5213.25 (98.6191 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232252 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Sep 2 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-201-ga7d4d23b
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-02)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Sep 5 02:26:40 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: 2461242.93886633 21.07.2026 10:31:48.051 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
First image: 2461242.93886633 21.07.2026 10:31:48.051 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Last image: 2461288.80500644 05.09.2026 07:19:02.556 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 26
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.40
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: 23 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): 32094
Objects passed selection criteria: 32019
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.7 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 30441.5
Average stars matched: 29726 (97.6496 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 255356 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Wed Sep 2 15:05:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-201-ga7d4d23b
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-02)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Sep 5 02:28:20 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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: 2461288.80420397
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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Image size: 941.1'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72 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 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86
Second-epoch image center 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0561 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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Image size: 941.1'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52 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 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86
Second-epoch image center 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0494 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 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72
Second-epoch second image center 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01218 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YsGvtOKeH2
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MAiH4ukFFv
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Iq7WpGBu4P
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits &> /tmp/tmp.k8lnZixwCD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5808 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2778 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2778 deg
Loaded 5067 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): 3713 out of 3841 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3841 out of 5808 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.688000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.688000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.66
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.03
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.03
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5808 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2778 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2778 deg
Loaded 5067 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): 3713 out of 3841 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3841 out of 5808 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (aperture=5.8)
Read 5775 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6970 to 355.2476 deg, Dec -15.5991 to -4.2790 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6970 to 355.2476 deg, Dec -15.5991 to -4.2790 deg
Loaded 5057 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): 3732 out of 3864 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3864 out of 5775 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits (aperture=5.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
2.1 pix Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
2.4 pix fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
2.4 pix fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.0 mag. Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
15.0 mag. Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
14.7 mag. fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.7 (SNR ) 11.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.YsGvtOKeH2 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=422, bad_region=0, passed=5808
Got 5808 stars (including 5379 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5808 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4825 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4819 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5808 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4825 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5808 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5808 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4819 stars left (next iteration limit 5300)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits N_match=4819 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.362 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.295 n_q1=1129 n_q2=1215 n_q3=1239 n_q4=1236 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits -region wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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.MAiH4ukFFv (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=432, bad_region=0, passed=5775
Got 5775 stars (including 5335 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5775 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4820 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4813 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4813 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4813 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5775 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4819 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4812 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5775 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4812 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5775 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4812 stars left (next iteration limit 5294)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits N_match=4812 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.322 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=1134 n_q2=1213 n_q3=1229 n_q4=1236 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.160
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits -region wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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.Iq7WpGBu4P (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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=310, bad_region=1, passed=4868
Got 4868 stars (including 4550 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4868 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4387 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4382 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4382 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4382 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4388 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4383 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4383 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4383 stars left (next iteration limit 4820)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4383 robust_rms=10.934 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.421 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4383 robust_rms=0.370 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.376 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4383 robust_rms=0.274 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.286 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4383 robust_rms_before=0.978 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.287 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.274 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.298 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.286
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.298 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits N_match=4383 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.317 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.292 n_q1=1027 n_q2=1108 n_q3=1113 n_q4=1135 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.082
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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.k8lnZixwCD (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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=311, bad_region=0, passed=4854
Got 4854 stars (including 4537 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4854 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4368 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4361 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4361 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.5 to -4.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4370 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4364 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4364 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4364 stars left (next iteration limit 4797)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4364 robust_rms=10.624 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.181 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4364 robust_rms=0.388 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.418 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4364 robust_rms=0.283 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.298 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4364 robust_rms_before=0.988 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.294 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.283 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.313 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.298
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.313 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits N_match=4364 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.305 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.279 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.296 n_q1=1010 n_q2=1104 n_q3=1118 n_q4=1132 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.076
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits sigma_overall=0.326 worst_q_ratio=1.175
ref2=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits sigma_overall=0.335 worst_q_ratio=1.160
new1=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits sigma_overall=0.293 worst_q_ratio=1.082
new2=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits sigma_overall=0.305 worst_q_ratio=1.076
reference average sigma_overall=0.3305 worst_q_ratio=1.1675
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865_astrometric_residuals.png (4819 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866_astrometric_residuals.png (4812 matched stars from wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186_astrometric_residuals.png (4383 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187_astrometric_residuals.png (4364 matched stars from wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1: 15.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:05:50.87 -08:54:58.0: 11.78 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8: 15.47 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:06:43.65 -14:58:34.7: 11.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:21:12.98 -06:09:37.7: 12.02 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8: 15.48 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1: 15.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:05:50.87 -08:54:58.0: 11.75 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:06:43.65 -14:58:34.7: 11.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:21:12.98 -06:09:37.7: 11.97 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.77 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.12 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:05:50.87 -08:54:58.0: ref_mag=11.77 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.7849 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:06:43.65 -14:58:34.7: ref_mag=11.12 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.3357 delta=-0.22 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.99 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:21:12.98 -06:09:37.7: ref_mag=11.99 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9567 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20266.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20270.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s
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 20257_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 20257_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20265_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 20265_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20266_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 20266_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 20267_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 20267_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20270_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 20270_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 11s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Aqr-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1
22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.8
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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Image size: 941.4'x626.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86 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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Image size: 941.1'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72 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 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86
Second-epoch image center 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0561 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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Image size: 941.1'x626.7' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52 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 23:08:26.681 -09:59:49.86
Second-epoch image center 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0494 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 23:08:40.310 -09:59:35.72
Second-epoch second image center 23:08:38.294 -09:59:03.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01218 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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits &> /tmp/tmp.MkKQzECBpl
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lLuCH5eWFK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.AwdltBaqnc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits &> /tmp/tmp.I7GiWh0Kco
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits and wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits) and catalog (wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 34068 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2119 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2119 deg
Loaded 5099 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): 3749 out of 4056 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4056 out of 34068 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.580800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.580800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.18
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.18
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 34068 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2119 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6972 to 355.2893 deg, Dec -15.5986 to -4.2119 deg
Loaded 5099 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): 3749 out of 4056 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4056 out of 34068 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 33982 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 338.6760 to 355.2847 deg, Dec -15.5991 to -4.2199 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 338.6760 to 355.2847 deg, Dec -15.5991 to -4.2199 deg
Loaded 5102 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): 3745 out of 4059 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4059 out of 33982 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 26 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
1.9 pix Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
2.3 pix fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
2.2 pix fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
15.2 mag. Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 14.2 (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.MkKQzECBpl (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1262, bad_region=23, passed=34058
Got 34058 stars (including 32704 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 34058 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4824 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4823 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34058 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4820 stars left (next iteration limit 5302)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits N_match=4820 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.273 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.284 n_q1=1169 n_q2=1235 n_q3=1220 n_q4=1196 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.170
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits -region wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.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.lLuCH5eWFK (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits' -> 'wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=1275, bad_region=24, passed=33972
Got 33972 stars (including 32618 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33972 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4822 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4817 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4822 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4817 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 33972 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4817 stars left (next iteration limit 5298)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits N_match=4817 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.326 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.378 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.291 n_q1=1164 n_q2=1233 n_q3=1221 n_q4=1199 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.185
The image catalog is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits -region wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.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.AwdltBaqnc (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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=817, bad_region=15, passed=27260
Got 27260 stars (including 26379 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27260 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4820 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4815 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4815 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4818 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4814 stars left (next iteration limit 5296)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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=4814 robust_rms=9.960 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.324 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4814 robust_rms=0.367 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.374 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4814 robust_rms=0.271 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.282 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4814 robust_rms_before=0.984 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.280 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.271 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.298 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.282
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.298 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits N_match=4814 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.289 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.283 n_q1=1172 n_q2=1245 n_q3=1206 n_q4=1191 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.079
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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.I7GiWh0Kco (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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=15, blended=823, bad_region=15, passed=27454
Got 27454 stars (including 26568 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27454 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (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 0.010457 (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 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4826 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4820 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27454 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 372 to 430 (Dec -15.6 to -4.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4825 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27454 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4819 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27454 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4819 stars left (next iteration limit 5302)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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=4819 robust_rms=9.793 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.243 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4819 robust_rms=0.385 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.409 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4819 robust_rms=0.281 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.295 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4819 robust_rms_before=0.991 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.284 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.281 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.308 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.295
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.308 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits N_match=4819 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.279 n_q1=1168 n_q2=1247 n_q3=1216 n_q4=1188 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits -region wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-17-53_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0186.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.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_2026-09-05_CI_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_022008_TTUQ1b1x1_2259553_tTj6f6ch/wcs_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Aqr-05-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:15:20.78 -14:00:02.8: 11.89 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:00:59.17 -06:31:41.2: 13.86 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:50:21.75 -09:15:27.8: 13.93 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:45:08.00 -09:04:46.9: 15.75 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:17:31.87 -10:11:21.7: 15.87 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:33:21.58 -12:17:19.8: 15.52 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:22:38.55 -10:48:31.6: 13.06 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:25:26.41 -11:26:07.8: 13.08 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:15:32.42 -11:36:56.7: 13.46 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:37:55.15 -07:56:58.3: 13.61 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:45:08.00 -09:04:46.9: 15.70 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:22:38.55 -10:48:31.6: 13.09 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.07 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:22:38.55 -10:48:31.6: ref_mag=13.07 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.1091 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:25:26.41 -11:26:07.8: 13.21 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:50:21.75 -09:15:27.8: 13.98 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:15:20.78 -14:00:02.8: 11.89 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:00:59.17 -06:31:41.2: 13.81 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.95 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:50:21.75 -09:15:27.8: ref_mag=13.95 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.2269 delta=-0.27 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.14 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.89 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:15:20.78 -14:00:02.8: ref_mag=11.89 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9516 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:25:26.41 -11:26:07.8: ref_mag=13.14 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2873 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.84 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:33:21.58 -12:17:19.8: 15.51 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:00:59.17 -06:31:41.2: ref_mag=13.84 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.9762 delta=-0.14 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:17:31.87 -10:11:21.7: 15.86 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:15:32.42 -11:36:56.7: 13.39 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.42 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:15:32.42 -11:36:56.7: ref_mag=13.42 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4380 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:37:55.15 -07:56:58.3: 13.53 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.57 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:37:55.15 -07:56:58.3: ref_mag=13.57 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.4926 delta=0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:35:48.31 -14:04:47.0: 15.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:00:25.52 -08:53:15.8: 13.89 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:21:41.06 -10:52:01.6: 13.88 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:51:16.04 -08:17:08.6: 13.88 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:58:32.03 -05:41:16.0: 13.76 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:39:52.55 -05:20:05.6: 15.38 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:47:38.94 -07:44:47.6: 15.79 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:35:48.31 -14:04:47.0: 15.44 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:21:41.06 -10:52:01.6: 13.83 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.85 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:21:41.06 -10:52:01.6: ref_mag=13.85 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.8526 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:00:25.52 -08:53:15.8: 13.86 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:51:16.04 -08:17:08.6: 14.03 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.87 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:00:25.52 -08:53:15.8: ref_mag=13.87 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.7603 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.94 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:51:16.04 -08:17:08.6: ref_mag=13.94 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.8176 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:58:32.03 -05:41:16.0: 14.04 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.88 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:58:32.03 -05:41:16.0: ref_mag=13.88 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.0431 delta=-0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:39:52.55 -05:20:05.6: 15.37 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:47:38.94 -07:44:47.6: 15.80 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 23:03:12.25 -07:36:02.9: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:50:23.80 -09:52:38.8: 15.81 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:44:13.92 -06:12:38.1: 14.98 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:50:58.33 -06:39:18.2: 15.12 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 23:03:12.25 -07:36:02.9: 15.90 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:50:23.80 -09:52:38.8: 15.75 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:50:58.33 -06:39:18.2: 15.43 +/- 0.25 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:44:13.92 -06:12:38.1: 15.06 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.24 +/- 0.15
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.02 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:50:58.33 -06:39:18.2: ref_mag=15.24 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.6358 delta=0.60 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:44:13.92 -06:12:38.1: ref_mag=15.02 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.6977 delta=0.32 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:40:18.65 -11:27:46.2: 15.66 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:52:04.13 -10:27:20.8: 14.95 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:52:04.13 -10:27:20.8: 15.25 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.05 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:52:04.13 -10:27:20.8: ref_mag=15.05 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.6387 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:40:18.65 -11:27:46.2: 15.60 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-31-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0865.fits at 22:50:50.39 -07:23:07.3: 15.28 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-07-21_05-32-38_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0866.fits at 22:50:50.39 -07:23:07.3: 15.26 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.27 +/- 0.15
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 22:50:50.39 -07:23:07.3: ref_mag=15.27 +/- 0.15 new_mean_mag=14.6657 delta=0.61 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 52367_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52367_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52368_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52368_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52369_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52369_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52392_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52392_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 23:34:49.11 -09:02:16.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52394_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52394_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52398_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52398_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 22:42:30.54 -12:16:43.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52415_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52415_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52431_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52431_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52438_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52438_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52451_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52451_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52457_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52457_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52459_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52459_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52491_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52491_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52492_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52492_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52493_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52493_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52500_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52500_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52509_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52509_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52515_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52515_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52530_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52530_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52540_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52540_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52546_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52546_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52573_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52573_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52575_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52575_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52577_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52577_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52580_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
Preparing report for the candidate 52580_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
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Considering the candidate 52586_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187
The candidate 52586_fd_Aqr-05-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_02-19-02_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0187 did not pass the final checks
