This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q
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 05.4137 2461288.9137 11.88 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6
141.53329 -41.18481 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.1" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.101 Helena -1 -1 1 12.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6: 16.10 +/- 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 05.4137* 01 50 28.25 +19 32 41.6 11.9 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,2461288.9137,11.88,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 11.88CV 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 05.4137 2461288.9137 13.62 01:41:46.24 +24:21:48.0
137.33900 -37.09629 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.3" and 8.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.516 Amherstia 0 0 0 13.8 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:41:46.24 +24:21:48.0: 16.22 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:41:46.24 +24:21:48.0: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.9137,13.62,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 13.62CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.4137 2461288.9137 13.80 02:06:03.77 +20:42:57.7
145.52868 -38.85907 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.2" 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.297 Caecilia -0 0 0 14.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:06:03.77 +20:42:57.7: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:06:03.77 +20:42:57.7: 16.16 +/- 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 05.4137* 02 06 03.77 +20 42 57.7 13.8 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,2461288.9137,13.80,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 13.80CV 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 05.4137 2461288.9137 13.86 01:31:11.55 +21:51:01.8
135.01816 -40.08643 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.760 Massinga -0 -0 0 13.8 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:31:11.55 +21:51:01.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:31:11.55 +21:51:01.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.9137,13.86,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 13.86CV 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 05.4137 2461288.9137 14.44 01:47:17.33 +22:48:53.5
139.38768 -38.26567 galactic Ari Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.839 Valborg 0 0 0 14.6 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:17.33 +22:48:53.5: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:17.33 +22:48:53.5: 16.26 +/- 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 05.4137* 01 47 17.33 +22 48 53.5 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,2461288.9137,14.44,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 14.44CV 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 05.4137 2461288.9137 14.53 01:40:15.69 +23:31:25.3
137.17204 -37.99427 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.5" and 8.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.918 Itha 0 0 0 14.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:40:15.69 +23:31:25.3: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:40:15.69 +23:31:25.3: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.9137,14.53,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 14.53CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.4137 2461288.9137 14.79 01:34:24.64 +25:15:05.7
135.05553 -36.60646 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.1" and 8.1 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.687 Tinette -0 -1 1 14.6 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:34:24.64 +25:15:05.7: 16.14 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:34:24.64 +25:15:05.7: 16.08 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.9137,14.79,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 14.79CV 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 05.4137 2461288.9137 14.78 01:46:52.44 +23:03:12.1
139.18824 -38.06216 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.0" and 8.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.1321 Majuba -0 -0 0 14.7 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:46:52.44 +23:03:12.1: 16.32 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:46:52.44 +23:03:12.1: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461288.9137,14.78,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260905.4137 14.78CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 05.4137 2461288.9137 14.81 01:43:04.75 +26:38:33.3
137.00968 -34.81351 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.4" and 8.2 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" CSS 141029:014305+263833
Type: UGSU
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
15.100 g 20.200 g 0.064600000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:43:04.75 +26:38:33.3: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:43:04.75 +26:38:33.3: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
CSS 141029:014305+263833,2461288.9137,14.81,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
CSS 141029:014305+263833 20260905.4137 14.81CV 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: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
First image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Last image: 2461288.91402377 05.09.2026 09:56:01.654 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 5
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52
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: 3 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): 8469
Objects passed selection criteria: 8457
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.6 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 7797.75
Average stars matched: 7621 (97.7333 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 234580 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 05:03:04 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
First image: 2461049.65047120 09.01.2026 03:36:30.712 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Last image: 2461288.91402377 05.09.2026 09:56:01.654 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 44
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 12 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 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): 48306
Objects passed selection criteria: 48209
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.5 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 43800.5
Average stars matched: 42601.2 (97.262 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 269396 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 05:03:54 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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: 2461288.91329508
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits exists and is non-empty
###################################
# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Image size: 941.6'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: 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 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: 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77 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 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70
Second-epoch image center 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0781 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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 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: 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91 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 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70
Second-epoch image center 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0799 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 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77
Second-epoch second image center 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01346 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UU5JHkfuNn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.aLaxrdPW3R
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits &> /tmp/tmp.z6tofHokzP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eriYHuD8qS
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2912 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 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2912 deg
Loaded 5655 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): 4392 out of 4714 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4714 out of 8757 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.928200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.928200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.52
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.41
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec +16.4998 to +27.2912 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 19.0129 to 36.5198 deg, Dec 16.4998 to 27.2912 deg
Loaded 5655 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): 4392 out of 4714 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4714 out of 8757 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9756 to 36.4997 deg, Dec +16.4672 to +27.2692 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 18.9756 to 36.4997 deg, Dec 16.4672 to 27.2692 deg
Loaded 5652 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): 4392 out of 4716 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4716 out of 8769 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
2.0 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.7 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
2.7 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
15.4 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
14.9 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.9 (SNR ) 12.1 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.UU5JHkfuNn (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=701, bad_region=0, passed=8757
Got 8757 stars (including 8041 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8757 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4835 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4835 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4835 stars left (next iteration limit 5318)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4835 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.306 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.262 n_q1=1284 n_q2=1196 n_q3=1146 n_q4=1209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.302
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.aLaxrdPW3R (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=689, bad_region=0, passed=8769
Got 8769 stars (including 8071 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8769 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4832 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8769 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 4832 stars left (next iteration limit 5315)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4832 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.372 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.273 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.247 n_q1=1289 n_q2=1192 n_q3=1142 n_q4=1209 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.276
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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.z6tofHokzP (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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=372, bad_region=0, passed=6949
Got 6949 stars (including 6569 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6949 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4841 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4828 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4842 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6949 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 4828 stars left (next iteration limit 5310)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4828 robust_rms=10.912 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.228 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4828 robust_rms=0.330 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.339 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4828 robust_rms=0.241 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.265 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4828 robust_rms_before=0.939 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.250 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.241 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.271 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.265
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.271 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits N_match=4828 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.268 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.278 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.233 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.243 n_q1=1326 n_q2=1202 n_q3=1132 n_q4=1168 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.093
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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.eriYHuD8qS (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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=397, bad_region=0, passed=6919
Got 6919 stars (including 6512 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6919 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4843 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4828 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4828 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6919 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4844 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4829 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4829 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6919 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4829 stars left (next iteration limit 5310)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4829 robust_rms=10.911 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.146 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4829 robust_rms=0.372 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.406 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4829 robust_rms=0.276 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.298 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4829 robust_rms_before=0.962 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.285 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.276 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.301 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.298
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.301 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits N_match=4829 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.279 n_q1=1327 n_q2=1204 n_q3=1135 n_q4=1163 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.091
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.306 worst_q_ratio=1.302
ref2=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.292 worst_q_ratio=1.276
new1=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits sigma_overall=0.254 worst_q_ratio=1.093
new2=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits sigma_overall=0.292 worst_q_ratio=1.091
reference average sigma_overall=0.299 worst_q_ratio=1.289
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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (4835 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (4832 matched stars from wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.26 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340_astrometric_residuals.png (4828 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.23 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341_astrometric_residuals.png (4829 matched stars from wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:33:58.96 +21:35:26.6: 12.42 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6: 16.09 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:13.6: 9.73 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:33:58.96 +21:35:26.6: 12.42 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:13.6: 9.74 +/- 0.00 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 9.73 +/- 0.00
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:33:58.96 +21:35:26.6: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4078 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:50:02.39 +27:06:13.6: ref_mag=9.73 +/- 0.00 new_mean_mag=10.0554 delta=-0.32 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20615.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20510_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 20510_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20563_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 20563_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:09:29.36 +25:57:39.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 20615_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 20615_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 20676_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 20676_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 01791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 01791_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:16:07.12 +25:03:22.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Image size: 941.6'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: 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70 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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 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: 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77 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 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70
Second-epoch image center 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0781 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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Image size: 941.2'x626.6' 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: 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91 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 01:50:47.256 +21:59:56.70
Second-epoch image center 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0799 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 01:50:30.894 +22:02:41.77
Second-epoch second image center 01:50:28.718 +22:02:03.91
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01346 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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.iK28LOztlw
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FZaza541S0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jHDr64c0Bg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits &> /tmp/tmp.F20G8SpMt9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits and wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits) and catalog (wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4675 to +27.2974 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 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4675 to 27.2974 deg
Loaded 5683 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): 4178 out of 4761 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4761 out of 51194 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.825200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.825200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.27
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.56
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 51194 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4675 to +27.2974 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 18.9725 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4675 to 27.2974 deg
Loaded 5683 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): 4178 out of 4761 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4761 out of 51194 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 50826 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 18.9692 to 36.5488 deg, Dec +16.4672 to +27.2891 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 18.9692 to 36.5488 deg, Dec 16.4672 to 27.2891 deg
Loaded 5682 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): 4171 out of 4760 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4760 out of 50826 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 43 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
1.9 pix Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.5 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
2.5 pix fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
15.5 mag. Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
15.0 mag. fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.0 (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
############ /tmp/tmp.iK28LOztlw (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=21, blended=2529, bad_region=6, passed=51173
Got 51173 stars (including 48532 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 51173 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4832 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4832 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 51173 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4832 stars left (next iteration limit 5315)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits N_match=4832 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.377 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.271 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.260 n_q1=1248 n_q2=1207 n_q3=1147 n_q4=1230 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.275
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.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.FZaza541S0 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=24, blended=2535, bad_region=4, passed=50802
Got 50802 stars (including 48164 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 50802 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (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 0.010462 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4831 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4839 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4831 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 50802 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 4831 stars left (next iteration limit 5314)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4831 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.281 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.275 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.259 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.235 n_q1=1250 n_q2=1199 n_q3=1153 n_q4=1229 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.296
The image catalog is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.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.jHDr64c0Bg (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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=1358, bad_region=30, passed=36935
Got 36935 stars (including 35494 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 36935 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4835 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4827 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4836 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4827 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 36935 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 4827 stars left (next iteration limit 5309)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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=4827 robust_rms=11.123 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.252 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4827 robust_rms=0.337 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.349 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4827 robust_rms=0.239 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.262 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4827 robust_rms_before=0.949 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.249 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.239 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.280 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.262
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.280 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits N_match=4827 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.255 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.240 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.241 n_q1=1314 n_q2=1198 n_q3=1141 n_q4=1174 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.105
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-54-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0340.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.F20G8SpMt9 (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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: 190.0 1039.0 192.0 1041.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 226.0 1548.0 228.0 1550.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 351.0 1875.0 353.0 1877.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 501.0 5912.0 503.0 5914.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 638.0 5545.0 640.0 5547.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 724.0 2731.0 726.0 2733.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 883.0 1376.0 885.0 1378.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 901.0 3972.0 903.0 3974.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1151.0 918.0 1153.0 920.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1157.0 135.0 1159.0 137.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=1395, bad_region=32, passed=37500
Got 37500 stars (including 36016 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 37500 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010458 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4840 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4830 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4830 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4830 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37500 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 530 to 589 (Dec 16.2 to 27.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4841 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4830 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37500 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4830 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 37500 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Excluding outliers - 4830 stars left (next iteration limit 5313)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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=4830 robust_rms=11.012 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=12.366 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4830 robust_rms=0.375 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.412 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4830 robust_rms=0.273 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.297 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4830 robust_rms_before=0.973 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.282 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.273 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.300 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.297
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.300 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits N_match=4830 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.320 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.274 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.274 n_q1=1316 n_q2=1211 n_q3=1134 n_q4=1169 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-05_CI_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_045905_TTUQ1b1x1_290870_iAa8fq5Q/fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits -region wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341.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
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Preparing the HTML report for the field Ari-02-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:43:07.93 +26:28:08.2: 14.10 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:35:52.92 +24:22:39.4: 12.47 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:29:00.20 +25:15:46.9: 14.58 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:34:32.49 +24:01:37.0: 12.51 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:06.43 +18:04:42.0: 11.86 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:17.65 +26:25:26.1: 13.49 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:52:23.49 +25:26:51.4: 13.28 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:06.43 +18:04:42.0: 11.85 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:43:07.93 +26:28:08.2: 13.97 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:34:32.49 +24:01:37.0: 12.56 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:29:00.20 +25:15:46.9: 14.66 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:35:52.92 +24:22:39.4: 12.41 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.03 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.53 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.85 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.62 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:34:32.49 +24:01:37.0: ref_mag=12.53 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.8947 delta=-0.36 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.44 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:39:06.43 +18:04:42.0: ref_mag=11.85 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.9463 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:43:07.93 +26:28:08.2: ref_mag=14.03 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.2608 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:29:00.20 +25:15:46.9: ref_mag=14.62 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7061 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:35:52.92 +24:22:39.4: ref_mag=12.44 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.5576 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:41:46.24 +24:21:48.0: 16.22 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:17.65 +26:25:26.1: 13.55 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.52 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:47:17.65 +26:25:26.1: ref_mag=13.52 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.5816 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:52:23.49 +25:26:51.4: 13.21 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.25 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:52:23.49 +25:26:51.4: ref_mag=13.25 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2736 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:41:46.24 +24:21:48.0: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:06:03.77 +20:42:57.7: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:31:11.55 +21:51:01.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:50:07.21 +22:10:38.9: 13.87 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:34.1: 13.87 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:36:51.32 +24:33:54.3: 13.90 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 02:13:37.76 +25:16:29.4: 13.82 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:34:34.24 +19:45:41.3: 13.62 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:06:03.77 +20:42:57.7: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:36:51.32 +24:33:54.3: 13.91 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:13:37.76 +25:16:29.4: 13.86 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:50:07.21 +22:10:38.9: 13.87 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:31:11.55 +21:51:01.8: 16.16 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:34:34.24 +19:45:41.3: 13.66 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:34.1: 13.93 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.87 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.84 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.91 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.64 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.90 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:50:07.21 +22:10:38.9: ref_mag=13.87 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.7937 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:13:37.76 +25:16:29.4: ref_mag=13.84 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8252 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:36:51.32 +24:33:54.3: ref_mag=13.91 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.8220 delta=0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:34:34.24 +19:45:41.3: ref_mag=13.64 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.7262 delta=-0.09 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:06:23.08 +26:01:34.1: ref_mag=13.90 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7847 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:51.34 +22:44:59.1: 14.25 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:45:30.01 +27:07:52.9: 14.19 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:51.34 +22:44:59.1: 14.20 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.22 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:47:51.34 +22:44:59.1: ref_mag=14.22 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1474 delta=0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:45:30.01 +27:07:52.9: 14.34 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.25 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:45:30.01 +27:07:52.9: ref_mag=14.25 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.1358 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:40:15.69 +23:31:25.3: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:47:17.33 +22:48:53.5: 16.23 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:55:23.22 +21:02:32.7: 14.19 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:39:12.08 +26:28:53.8: 14.33 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:32:09.70 +27:15:00.4: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:47:17.33 +22:48:53.5: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:40:15.69 +23:31:25.3: 16.19 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:55:23.22 +21:02:32.7: 14.12 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:39:12.08 +26:28:53.8: 14.29 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.15 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.31 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:55:23.22 +21:02:32.7: ref_mag=14.15 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.2180 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:39:12.08 +26:28:53.8: ref_mag=14.31 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.2847 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:34:24.64 +25:15:05.7: 16.14 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:46:52.44 +23:03:12.1: 16.32 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:32:09.70 +27:15:00.4: 99.00 +/- 99.00 edge
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:32:09.70 +27:15:00.4: at least one reference image reported edge (off-image or aperture/annulus past image boundary); cannot perform the forced-photometry cross-check
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:34:24.64 +25:15:05.7: 16.08 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:46:52.44 +23:03:12.1: 16.26 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:31:40.59 +20:32:43.0: 15.18 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-36-30_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0107.fits at 01:43:04.75 +26:38:33.3: 16.15 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:31:40.59 +20:32:43.0: 15.07 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-01-08_21-37-22_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 01:43:04.75 +26:38:33.3: 16.18 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.12 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:31:40.59 +20:32:43.0: ref_mag=15.12 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.8477 delta=0.27 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 64566_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64566_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64570_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64570_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64574_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64574_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64575_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64575_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64576_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64576_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64637_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64637_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:09:29.37 +25:57:39.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64684_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:50:28.25 +19:32:41.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_local.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64695_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64695_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64785_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64785_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:06:55.96 +25:41:41.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64827_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64827_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:07:07.78 +23:30:27.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64844_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64844_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:12:40.30 +24:08:19.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 64942_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 64942_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65019_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65019_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:54:22.16 +21:54:39.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65038_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65038_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65042_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65042_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:01:10.67 +25:11:21.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65069_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65069_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65091_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65091_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:08:16.55 +19:22:18.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65101_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65101_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:58:18.46 +18:17:21.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65108_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65108_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:06:24.62 +24:20:34.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65126_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65126_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:15:53.32 +25:47:26.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65139_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65139_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65143_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65143_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65147_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65147_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65149_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65149_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65156_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65156_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65171_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65171_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65177_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65177_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65223_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65223_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:25:36.57 +21:23:15.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65270_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65270_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:01:25.72 +17:58:45.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65274_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65274_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65296_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65296_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65323_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65323_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65397_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65397_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 02:12:28.12 +24:50:06.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 65434_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65434_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65467_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65467_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65483_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65483_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65517_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65517_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 65535_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65535_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65546_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65546_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65559_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
Preparing report for the candidate 65559_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
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Considering the candidate 65599_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 65599_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 03337_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 03337_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 01:31:48.29 +26:40:19.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 10632_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341
The candidate 10632_fd_Ari-02-Q1b1x1_2026-09-05_04-56-01_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0341 did not pass the final checks
