This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV
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 05.3977 2461288.8977 13.54 02:48:43.54 +31:55:09.7
150.15479 -24.67957 galactic Tri Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 8.4 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.686 Gersuind -0 -0 0 13.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:48:43.54 +31:55:09.7: 16.29 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:48:43.54 +31:55:09.7: 16.31 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 09 05.3977* 02 48 43.54 +31 55 09.7 13.5 U Tri 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8977,13.54,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3977 13.54CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.3977 2461288.8977 14.38 02:49:00.28 +28:06:13.3
152.28737 -27.98285 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 8.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.399 Persephone -0 0 1 14.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:49:00.28 +28:06:13.3: 16.27 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:49:00.28 +28:06:13.3: 16.30 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 09 05.3977* 02 49 00.28 +28 06 13.3 14.4 U Ari 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.8977,14.38,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.3977 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
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.67315626 09.01.2026 04:09:10.701 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
First image: 2461049.67315626 09.01.2026 04:09:10.701 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Last image: 2461288.89802668 05.09.2026 09:32:59.505 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 3
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.49
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 10044
Objects passed selection criteria: 9999
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.8 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 7346.5
Average stars matched: 6776 (92.2344 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 235492 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 04:42:56 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.67315626 09.01.2026 04:09:10.701 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
First image: 2461049.67315626 09.01.2026 04:09:10.701 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Last image: 2461288.89802668 05.09.2026 09:32:59.505 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 64
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18
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: 17 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): 66097
Objects passed selection criteria: 65883
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.9 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 50777
Average stars matched: 46730.5 (92.0308 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 282188 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 04:43:55 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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: 2461288.89745609
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 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: 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26 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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26
Second-epoch image center 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0025 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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26
Second-epoch image center 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0148 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09
Second-epoch second image center 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01371 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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7t1xQk8RKZ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits &> /tmp/tmp.kQ3CsfQygj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7fAa7IOPWW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ejHA8Xv1OL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 12025 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5980 to 54.6383 deg, Dec +24.3701 to +35.3045 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 35.5980 to 54.6383 deg, Dec 24.3701 to 35.3045 deg
Loaded 7081 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): 5294 out of 5692 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5692 out of 12025 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.938250
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.938250
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.49
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.45
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 12025 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5980 to 54.6383 deg, Dec +24.3701 to +35.3045 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 35.5980 to 54.6383 deg, Dec 24.3701 to 35.3045 deg
Loaded 7081 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): 5294 out of 5692 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5692 out of 12025 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 11990 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5981 to 54.6214 deg, Dec +24.3701 to +35.3114 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 35.5981 to 54.6214 deg, Dec 24.3701 to 35.3114 deg
Loaded 7085 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): 5304 out of 5702 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5702 out of 11990 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (aperture=6.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 1 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
2.1 pix Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
2.2 pix fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
2.2 pix fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
15.4 mag. Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
14.8 mag. fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.8 (SNR ) 11.8 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=922, bad_region=2954, passed=12025
Got 12025 stars (including 8379 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 12025 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9647 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9647 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9647 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.425 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.310 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.257 n_q1=1501 n_q2=1049 n_q3=1471 n_q4=852 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.307
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits -region wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=923, bad_region=2989, passed=11990
Got 11990 stars (including 8313 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 11990 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9581 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.4 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9581 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 9580 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.253 n_q1=1506 n_q2=1050 n_q3=1464 n_q4=853 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.296
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -region wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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.7fAa7IOPWW (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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=514, bad_region=1564, passed=7315
Got 7315 stars (including 5323 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7315 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4882 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6085 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6085 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4869 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6085 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37"
Excluding outliers - 4869 stars left (next iteration limit 5354)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4869 robust_rms=6.469 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.190 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4869 robust_rms=0.436 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.495 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4869 robust_rms=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.384 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4869 robust_rms_before=0.999 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.370 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.400 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.384
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.400 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits N_match=4869 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.410 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.430 n_q1=1446 n_q2=789 n_q3=1704 n_q4=930 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.092
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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.ejHA8Xv1OL (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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=516, bad_region=1577, passed=7319
Got 7319 stars (including 5319 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7319 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4867 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4867 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6078 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6078 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6078 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4868 stars left (next iteration limit 5353)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4868 robust_rms=6.543 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=11.277 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4868 robust_rms=0.443 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.490 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4868 robust_rms=0.356 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.428 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4868 robust_rms_before=0.990 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.372 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.356 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.426 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.428
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.426 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.385 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.410 n_q1=1445 n_q2=792 n_q3=1710 n_q4=921 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.153
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits sigma_overall=0.325 worst_q_ratio=1.307
ref2=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.296
new1=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits sigma_overall=0.394 worst_q_ratio=1.092
new2=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits sigma_overall=0.393 worst_q_ratio=1.153
reference average sigma_overall=0.3195 worst_q_ratio=1.3015
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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139_astrometric_residuals.png (4873 matched stars from wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140_astrometric_residuals.png (4873 matched stars from wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354_astrometric_residuals.png (4869 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355_astrometric_residuals.png (4868 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.34 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 0s
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: 1s
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Considering the candidate 02774_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 02774_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:48:43.42 +33:27:21.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Image size: 941.5'x627.0' 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: 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26 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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26
Second-epoch image center 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0025 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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.0' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 03:00:01.066 +29:59:53.26
Second-epoch image center 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0148 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 03:00:00.397 +29:59:55.09
Second-epoch second image center 02:59:59.780 +30:00:43.79
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01371 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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SyZtMDfCTW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits &> /tmp/tmp.IuJbIVdyOx
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits &> /tmp/tmp.85Pd8g7j1H
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bc8h32HCKz
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits and wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 76723 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5927 to 54.6698 deg, Dec +24.3237 to +35.3074 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 35.5927 to 54.6698 deg, Dec 24.3237 to 35.3074 deg
Loaded 7116 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): 4767 out of 5744 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5744 out of 76723 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.815000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.815000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.18
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.64
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 76723 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5927 to 54.6698 deg, Dec +24.3237 to +35.3074 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 35.5927 to 54.6698 deg, Dec 24.3237 to 35.3074 deg
Loaded 7116 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): 4767 out of 5744 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5744 out of 76723 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 76511 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 35.5646 to 54.6637 deg, Dec +24.3405 to +35.3167 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.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 35.5646 to 54.6637 deg, Dec 24.3405 to 35.3167 deg
Loaded 7129 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): 4775 out of 5749 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5749 out of 76511 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 47 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
1.9 pix Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
2.0 pix fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
2.0 pix fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
15.6 mag. Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 14.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=13, blended=5130, bad_region=14913, passed=76710
Got 76710 stars (including 57559 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 76710 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4884 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64943 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4890 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64943 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4884 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64943 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4884 stars left (next iteration limit 5372)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits N_match=4884 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.243 n_q1=1491 n_q2=1002 n_q3=1524 n_q4=867 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.299
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits -region wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.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
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=20, blended=5058, bad_region=14879, passed=76491
Got 76491 stars (including 57443 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 76491 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013076 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010461 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4882 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64775 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 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4887 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64775 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4882 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 64775 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4882 stars left (next iteration limit 5370)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits N_match=4882 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.277 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.249 n_q1=1500 n_q2=1009 n_q3=1505 n_q4=868 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.273
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits -region wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.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.85Pd8g7j1H (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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=2215, bad_region=6984, passed=47356
Got 47356 stars (including 38625 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47356 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4866 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42190 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42190 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4866 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42190 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4866 stars left (next iteration limit 5352)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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=4866 robust_rms=6.403 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.966 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4866 robust_rms=0.430 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.496 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4866 robust_rms=0.350 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.378 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4866 robust_rms_before=0.991 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.361 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.350 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.385 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.378
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.385 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits N_match=4866 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.379 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.334 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.394 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.414 n_q1=1464 n_q2=773 n_q3=1702 n_q4=927 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.092
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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.bc8h32HCKz (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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=12, blended=2252, bad_region=7010, passed=47495
Got 47495 stars (including 38688 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 47495 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4871 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 572 to 628 (Dec 24.5 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4871 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42317 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4871 stars left (next iteration limit 5358)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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=4871 robust_rms=6.375 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=10.673 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.445 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.489 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4871 robust_rms=0.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.416 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4871 robust_rms_before=0.979 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.351 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.402 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.416
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.402 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits N_match=4871 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.391 n_q1=1463 n_q2=769 n_q3=1707 n_q4=932 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.091
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-10_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0354.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.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_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_044028_TTUQ2b1x1_3690494_rGgT15xV/wcs_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:54:09.95 +32:28:28.4: 13.99 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:43:56.62 +33:51:54.8: 14.41 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:49:58.37 +25:44:22.9: 13.76 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:53:09.61 +31:04:31.5: 13.93 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:58:49.80 +32:40:42.5: 14.00 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:06:44.89 +33:42:47.7: 14.03 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:49:55.59 +31:21:17.7: 14.15 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:43:16.38 +26:18:50.2: 13.33 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:18:37.52 +30:03:03.3: 13.42 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:53:09.61 +31:04:31.5: 13.95 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:43:56.62 +33:51:54.8: 14.53 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:06:44.89 +33:42:47.7: 13.86 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:49:55.59 +31:21:17.7: 14.19 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:43:16.38 +26:18:50.2: 13.35 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:49:58.37 +25:44:22.9: 13.84 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:54:09.95 +32:28:28.4: 13.87 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.80 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.17 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:58:49.80 +32:40:42.5: 14.13 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.94 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.34 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.94 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.46 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.93 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:49:58.37 +25:44:22.9: ref_mag=13.80 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8705 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:49:55.59 +31:21:17.7: ref_mag=14.17 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.3394 delta=-0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:53:09.61 +31:04:31.5: ref_mag=13.94 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.2439 delta=-0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:43:16.38 +26:18:50.2: ref_mag=13.34 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5472 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:06:44.89 +33:42:47.7: ref_mag=13.94 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.0642 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:43:56.62 +33:51:54.8: ref_mag=14.46 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4130 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:54:09.95 +32:28:28.4: ref_mag=13.93 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=14.1697 delta=-0.24 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.06 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:58:49.80 +32:40:42.5: ref_mag=14.06 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1525 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:18:09.77 +33:46:18.0: 11.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:18:37.52 +30:03:03.3: 13.41 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.41 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:18:37.52 +30:03:03.3: ref_mag=13.41 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.0889 delta=0.32 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:18:09.77 +33:46:18.0: 11.49 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.50 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:18:09.77 +33:46:18.0: ref_mag=11.50 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=11.4998 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:14:50.94 +32:40:17.7: 13.64 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:48:43.54 +31:55:09.7: 16.29 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:18:16.77 +30:19:41.9: 13.82 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:05:18.91 +32:05:03.6: 13.99 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:46:24.21 +27:42:33.0: 13.86 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:01:44.18 +28:31:58.7: 13.86 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:57:10.62 +33:04:54.2: 13.98 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:52:18.98 +28:37:09.8: 13.85 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:42:10.76 +30:54:49.6: 14.26 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:14:50.94 +32:40:17.7: 13.55 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:18:16.77 +30:19:41.9: 13.78 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:05:18.91 +32:05:03.6: 14.01 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.59 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.80 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:48:43.54 +31:55:09.7: 16.31 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:14:50.94 +32:40:17.7: ref_mag=13.59 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.7469 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:18:16.77 +30:19:41.9: ref_mag=13.80 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.7401 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.00 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:05:18.91 +32:05:03.6: ref_mag=14.00 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7954 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:46:24.21 +27:42:33.0: 13.87 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:57:10.62 +33:04:54.2: 13.90 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.87 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:52:18.98 +28:37:09.8: 13.79 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:46:24.21 +27:42:33.0: ref_mag=13.87 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9220 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.94 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:01:44.18 +28:31:58.7: 13.92 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:57:10.62 +33:04:54.2: ref_mag=13.94 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8834 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.82 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.89 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:52:18.98 +28:37:09.8: ref_mag=13.82 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9037 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:01:44.18 +28:31:58.7: ref_mag=13.89 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.9793 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:42:10.76 +30:54:49.6: 14.28 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.27 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:42:10.76 +30:54:49.6: ref_mag=14.27 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.0980 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:51:50.52 +33:07:59.4: 14.02 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:57:21.22 +33:00:41.9: 14.18 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:11:44.87 +32:16:24.1: 14.01 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:51:50.52 +33:07:59.4: 14.09 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.05 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:51:50.52 +33:07:59.4: ref_mag=14.05 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1932 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:07:55.10 +30:20:46.2: 14.46 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:59:31.00 +30:31:58.8: 14.13 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 02:49:00.28 +28:06:13.3: 16.27 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:00:10.65 +30:53:39.9: 14.37 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:57:21.22 +33:00:41.9: 14.13 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-09-10_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0139.fits at 03:05:00.76 +30:54:49.9: 13.84 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:11:44.87 +32:16:24.1: 13.99 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:57:21.22 +33:00:41.9: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.1028 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.00 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:11:44.87 +32:16:24.1: ref_mag=14.00 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.2059 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:59:31.00 +30:31:58.8: 14.33 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 02:49:00.28 +28:06:13.3: 16.30 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:07:55.10 +30:20:46.2: 14.32 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.21 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.38 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:59:31.00 +30:31:58.8: ref_mag=14.21 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.2873 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:00:10.65 +30:53:39.9: 14.47 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:07:55.10 +30:20:46.2: ref_mag=14.38 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.2080 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.42 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:00:10.65 +30:53:39.9: ref_mag=14.42 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3903 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-01-08_22-10-30_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0140.fits at 03:05:00.76 +30:54:49.9: 13.87 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.85 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:05:00.76 +30:54:49.9: ref_mag=13.85 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.8916 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
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Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out96443.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 91634_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91634_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91635_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91635_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91637_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91637_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:58:01.89 +32:18:09.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 91640_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91640_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91641_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91641_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91643_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91643_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:09:38.23 +30:15:53.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 91649_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91649_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91651_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91651_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91652_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91652_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91659_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91659_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91661_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91661_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:12:51.69 +26:08:33.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 91664_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91664_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 91666_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 91666_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 93303_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 93303_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:57:07.66 +31:54:53.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 93923_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 93923_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:06:54.67 +30:30:08.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 94097_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 94097_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:55:28.84 +28:09:11.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 94576_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 94576_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:58:17.70 +32:29:47.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 95228_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 95228_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:43:18.72 +27:41:32.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 95364_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 95364_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:50:05.22 +27:17:33.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 95655_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 95655_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:51:48.42 +33:05:33.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 95748_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 95748_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:57:09.47 +31:55:15.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 96192_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 96192_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:55:32.45 +31:03:37.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 96443_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
Preparing report for the candidate 96443_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
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Considering the candidate 96559_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 96559_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:03:28.89 +28:14:41.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 96620_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 96620_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:44:35.41 +28:00:31.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 97263_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97263_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 97468_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97468_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:13:08.30 +30:44:40.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 97703_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97703_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:11:46.53 +33:36:36.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 97824_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97824_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 97865_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97865_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 97903_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 97903_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 98059_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98059_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:49:55.44 +31:26:59.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 98157_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98157_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 98296_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98296_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 98393_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98393_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 98567_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98567_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 98805_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98805_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:00:38.66 +28:21:03.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 98928_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 98928_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 99030_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99030_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 99073_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99073_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 99427_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99427_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 03:05:47.76 +30:30:38.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 99497_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99497_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 99565_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99565_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 99894_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 99894_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 100604_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
Preparing report for the candidate 100604_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
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Considering the candidate 16847_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 16847_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:48:43.45 +33:27:20.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 36037_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355
The candidate 36037_fd_Ari-01-Q2b1x1_2026-09-05_04-32-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0355 did not pass the final checks