This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
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 06.3167* 05 21 07.63 +23 38 19.6 9.6 U Tau 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
N Tau,2461289.8167,9.57,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
N Tau 20260906.3167 9.57CV 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
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 06.3167* 05 21 07.63 +23 38 19.8 9.6 U Tau 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
N Tau,2461289.8167,9.62,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
N Tau 20260906.3167 9.62CV 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 06.3167 2461289.8167 12.90 05:34:08.03 +23:54:14.9
182.90674 -4.84747 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 5.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.110 Lydia -1 1 1 13.2 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:34:08.03 +23:54:14.9: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:34:08.03 +23:54:14.9: 16.04 +/- 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 06.3167* 05 34 08.03 +23 54 14.9 12.9 U Tau 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,2461289.8167,12.90,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260906.3167 12.90CV 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 06.3167 2461289.8167 13.72 05:23:49.60 +20:19:25.0
184.62463 -8.79815 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 2.5" and 5.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.168 Sibylla -1 -1 1 14.2 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:23:49.60 +20:19:25.0: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:23:49.60 +20:19:25.0: 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 06.3167* 05 23 49.60 +20 19 25.0 13.7 U Tau 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,2461289.8167,13.72,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260906.3167 13.72CV 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: 2461032.81064075 23.12.2025 07:27:09.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
First image: 2461032.81064075 23.12.2025 07:27:09.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Last image: 2461289.81704616 06.09.2026 07:36:22.788 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.65
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 4 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 18014
Objects passed selection criteria: 17890
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.4 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 11423.5
Average stars matched: 10969.5 (96.0257 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 243536 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 Sun Sep 6 02:38:57 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: 2461032.81064075 23.12.2025 07:27:09.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
First image: 2461032.81064075 23.12.2025 07:27:09.361 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Last image: 2461289.81704616 06.09.2026 07:36:22.788 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 47
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.31
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: 24 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): 136857
Objects passed selection criteria: 136388
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.5 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.5 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 92257
Average stars matched: 87075.2 (94.3834 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 538280 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 Sun Sep 6 02:40:06 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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: 2461289.81634218
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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74 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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99 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 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74
Second-epoch image center 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Image size: 941.0'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43 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 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74
Second-epoch image center 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0073 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 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99
Second-epoch second image center 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00949 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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nV8SidetJc
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ar3GrMbHBa
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Xc7JeMJ0mz
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UZ0xSOIUHN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 22997 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3514 to 91.9479 deg, Dec +16.4790 to +27.2884 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 74.3514 to 91.9479 deg, Dec 16.4790 to 27.2884 deg
Loaded 12406 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): 8976 out of 10160 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10160 out of 22997 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.969200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.969200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.65
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.32
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.32
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 22997 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3514 to 91.9479 deg, Dec +16.4790 to +27.2884 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 74.3514 to 91.9479 deg, Dec 16.4790 to 27.2884 deg
Loaded 12406 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): 8976 out of 10160 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10160 out of 22997 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 20916 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3773 to 91.9061 deg, Dec +16.4876 to +27.3008 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 74.3773 to 91.9061 deg, Dec 16.4876 to 27.3008 deg
Loaded 12329 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): 8847 out of 10017 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10017 out of 20916 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
2.0 pix Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.3 mag. Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
15.2 mag. Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
13.5 mag. fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
13.4 mag. fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.4 (SNR ) 10.9 (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.nV8SidetJc (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=2479, bad_region=3694, passed=22997
Got 22997 stars (including 17090 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22997 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 4775 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4706 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20056 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4774 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20056 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 20056 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 4705 stars left (next iteration limit 5175)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits N_match=4705 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.386 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.461 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.273 n_q1=1788 n_q2=376 n_q3=1844 n_q4=697 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.193
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits -region wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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.ar3GrMbHBa (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=2320, bad_region=3377, passed=20916
Got 20916 stars (including 15475 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20916 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 4776 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4708 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4707 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
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 4777 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 18215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 4708 stars left (next iteration limit 5177)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits N_match=4708 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.515 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.605 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.402 n_q1=1784 n_q2=371 n_q3=1863 n_q4=690 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.175
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits -region wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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.Xc7JeMJ0mz (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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=334, bad_region=1414, passed=5958
Got 5958 stars (including 4281 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5958 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4116 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4066 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4059 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4846 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
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 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4117 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4061 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4846 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4061 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4846 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.60"
Excluding outliers - 4061 stars left (next iteration limit 4464)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4061 robust_rms=6.402 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.470 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4061 robust_rms=0.798 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.912 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4061 robust_rms=0.607 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.752 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4061 robust_rms_before=1.596 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.630 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.607 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.793 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.752
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.793 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits N_match=4061 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.633 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.602 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.580 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.807 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.563 n_q1=1250 n_q2=963 n_q3=995 n_q4=853 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.275
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.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.UZ0xSOIUHN (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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=333, bad_region=1429, passed=6006
Got 6006 stars (including 4314 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6006 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4143 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4086 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4090 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4086 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4142 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4084 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4084 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59"
Excluding outliers - 4084 stars left (next iteration limit 4494)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4084 robust_rms=6.521 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.573 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4084 robust_rms=0.787 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.908 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4084 robust_rms=0.609 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.760 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4084 robust_rms_before=1.574 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.608 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.609 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.752 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.760
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.752 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits N_match=4084 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.603 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.582 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.608 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.745 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.491 n_q1=1250 n_q2=993 n_q3=1007 n_q4=834 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.235
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits sigma_overall=0.386 worst_q_ratio=1.193
ref2=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits sigma_overall=0.515 worst_q_ratio=1.175
new1=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits sigma_overall=0.633 worst_q_ratio=1.275
new2=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits sigma_overall=0.603 worst_q_ratio=1.235
reference average sigma_overall=0.4505 worst_q_ratio=1.184
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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378_astrometric_residuals.png (4705 matched stars from wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035_astrometric_residuals.png (4708 matched stars from wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.47 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260_astrometric_residuals.png (4061 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.58 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261_astrometric_residuals.png (4084 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.56 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 30771_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
Preparing report for the candidate 30771_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
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Considering the candidate 19272_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 19272_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:46:56.46 +17:54:32.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 10s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74 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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Image size: 941.1'x624.6' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99 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 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74
Second-epoch image center 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0044 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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Image size: 941.0'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43 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 05:32:19.570 +21:59:57.74
Second-epoch image center 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0073 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 05:32:18.462 +22:00:00.99
Second-epoch second image center 05:32:19.693 +21:59:31.43
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00949 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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OOMufJ7M3K
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nUYVlrC3r8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits &> /tmp/tmp.w2JyOk5Neq
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ucOMzEBwLy
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits and wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 167968 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3408 to 91.9478 deg, Dec +16.4791 to +27.2941 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 74.3408 to 91.9478 deg, Dec 16.4791 to 27.2941 deg
Loaded 12414 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): 7145 out of 10502 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10502 out of 167968 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.825500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.825500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.31
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.52
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.52
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 167968 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3408 to 91.9478 deg, Dec +16.4791 to +27.2941 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 74.3408 to 91.9478 deg, Dec 16.4791 to 27.2941 deg
Loaded 12414 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): 7145 out of 10502 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10502 out of 167968 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 163013 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3370 to 91.9475 deg, Dec +16.4845 to +27.3051 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 74.3370 to 91.9475 deg, Dec 16.4845 to 27.3051 deg
Loaded 12419 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): 7184 out of 10475 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 10475 out of 163013 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits (aperture=4.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 40 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
1.9 pix Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
1.8 pix Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
2.0 pix fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
2.1 pix fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
15.4 mag. Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
13.8 mag. fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.8 (SNR ) 13.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=28, blended=21684, bad_region=23036, passed=167940
Got 167940 stars (including 124901 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 167940 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 4762 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4714 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4714 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4714 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 150202 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.5 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4763 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4714 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 150202 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4714 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 150201 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 4714 stars left (next iteration limit 5185)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits N_match=4714 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.388 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.472 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.297 n_q1=1719 n_q2=437 n_q3=1839 n_q4=719 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.214
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits -region wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.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.nUYVlrC3r8 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=36, blended=20219, bad_region=22244, passed=162977
Got 162977 stars (including 121992 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 162977 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 4760 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4706 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 145759 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
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 4760 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 145759 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.44"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4704 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 145759 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49"
Excluding outliers - 4704 stars left (next iteration limit 5176)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits N_match=4704 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.615 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.464 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.445 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.412 n_q1=1720 n_q2=418 n_q3=1843 n_q4=723 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.238
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits -region wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.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.w2JyOk5Neq (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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=2608, bad_region=11239, passed=54142
Got 54142 stars (including 40727 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 54142 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013071 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010457 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4777 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4712 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4713 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4711 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
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 16.4 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4777 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45898 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57"
Excluding outliers - 4713 stars left (next iteration limit 5182)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.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=4713 robust_rms=6.366 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.338 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4713 robust_rms=0.791 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.912 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4713 robust_rms=0.598 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.761 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4713 robust_rms_before=1.663 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.599 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.598 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.791 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.761
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.791 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits N_match=4713 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.609 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.589 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.575 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.801 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.538 n_q1=1447 n_q2=1244 n_q3=1007 n_q4=1015 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.317
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.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.ucOMzEBwLy (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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=2577, bad_region=11157, passed=53691
Got 53691 stars (including 40393 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 53691 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.0'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.0 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013069 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010456 (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 532 to 588 (Dec 16.4 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4772 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4706 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4708 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4705 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45536 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
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 16.4 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4772 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45536 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4708 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45536 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55"
Excluding outliers - 4708 stars left (next iteration limit 5175)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.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=4708 robust_rms=6.458 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.401 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4708 robust_rms=0.776 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.905 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4708 robust_rms=0.597 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.751 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4708 robust_rms_before=1.631 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.573 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.597 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.749 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.751
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.749 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits N_match=4708 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.573 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.571 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.559 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.760 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.488 n_q1=1432 n_q2=1240 n_q3=1032 n_q4=1004 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.325
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-35-21_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0260.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
The destination file is already there - not rewriting /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-06_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_023657_TTUQ2b1x1_601385_WTiOD6jH/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:13:05.42 +24:06:43.1: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:35:08.60 +20:18:50.8: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:30:44.78 +22:11:44.3: 12.44 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:33:45.83 +20:59:08.5: 13.28 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:37:07.12 +19:55:46.2: 13.40 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:29:57.16 +17:57:04.2: 13.36 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:29:57.16 +17:57:04.2: 13.34 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:13:05.42 +24:06:43.1: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:33:45.83 +20:59:08.5: 13.26 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:30:44.78 +22:11:44.3: 12.39 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:35:08.60 +20:18:50.8: 13.12 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:37:07.12 +19:55:46.2: 13.42 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.35 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.12 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.42 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.27 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.12 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.41 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:13:05.42 +24:06:43.1: ref_mag=13.12 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1953 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:29:57.16 +17:57:04.2: ref_mag=13.35 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.4044 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:30:44.78 +22:11:44.3: ref_mag=12.42 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.4862 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:33:45.83 +20:59:08.5: ref_mag=13.27 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.3742 delta=-0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:35:08.60 +20:18:50.8: ref_mag=13.12 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.1331 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:37:07.12 +19:55:46.2: ref_mag=13.41 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2387 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:34:08.03 +23:54:14.9: 16.12 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:30:21.67 +25:20:29.0: 13.42 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:34:08.03 +23:54:14.9: 16.04 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:36:38.42 +20:13:51.2: 13.87 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:23:49.60 +20:19:25.0: 16.17 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:37:40.13 +22:58:28.1: 13.59 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:30:21.67 +25:20:29.0: 13.51 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.46 +/- 0.02
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:30:21.67 +25:20:29.0: ref_mag=13.46 +/- 0.02 new_mean_mag=13.2966 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:36:38.42 +20:13:51.2: 13.84 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:23:49.60 +20:19:25.0: 16.10 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:37:40.13 +22:58:28.1: 13.60 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.86 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:36:38.42 +20:13:51.2: ref_mag=13.86 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.4221 delta=0.43 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.59 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:37:40.13 +22:58:28.1: ref_mag=13.59 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.3830 delta=0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits at 05:13:05.18 +20:18:43.8: 99.00 +/- 99.00 bad_region
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:13:05.18 +20:18:43.8: 13.25 +/- 0.03 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.25 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:13:05.18 +20:18:43.8: ref_mag=13.25 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.1597 delta=0.09 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out194214.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out197592.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 9s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 3s
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Considering the candidate 189056_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189056_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189057_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189057_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189061_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189061_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189063_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189063_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:36:28.63 +19:17:16.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 189067_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189067_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189068_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189068_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189070_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189070_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:42:01.25 +19:41:40.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 189080_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189080_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:29:17.15 +18:20:17.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 189084_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 189084_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 189274_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
Preparing report for the candidate 189274_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
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Considering the candidate 191240_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 191240_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:56.12 +22:38:55.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 191864_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 191864_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:30:50.69 +22:27:24.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 191957_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 191957_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:32:09.93 +18:33:14.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 192564_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 192564_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:20:11.78 +19:34:16.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 192585_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 192585_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:31:40.09 +18:13:14.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 193007_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 193007_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:39:37.26 +18:52:54.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 193058_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 193058_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:43:00.24 +18:59:12.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 193388_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 193388_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:31:10.93 +20:10:05.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 193453_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 193453_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:33:38.39 +18:33:24.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 193889_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 193889_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:28:32.18 +22:45:16.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194020_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194020_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:47:13.52 +21:51:52.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194214_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
Preparing report for the candidate 194214_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
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Considering the candidate 194371_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194371_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:32:02.97 +18:33:58.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194407_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194407_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:36:07.81 +19:32:31.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194515_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194515_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:33:36.02 +18:33:24.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194547_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194547_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:42:11.76 +22:40:39.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 194627_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 194627_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:41:10.67 +20:05:05.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 195245_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 195245_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:45:11.28 +18:40:42.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 195261_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 195261_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:48:27.27 +20:53:28.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 195443_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 195443_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:50:03.92 +19:09:40.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 195505_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 195505_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:47:29.12 +18:44:56.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 195675_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 195675_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:34:56.39 +20:14:28.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 196381_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 196381_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 196816_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 196816_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 197246_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 197246_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 197592_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
Preparing report for the candidate 197592_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
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Considering the candidate 14597_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 14597_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:38:00.35 +26:13:07.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 180008_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 180008_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 108934_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 108934_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:30:18.32 +20:22:08.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 120168_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261
The candidate 120168_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-06_02-36-22_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0261 did not pass the final checks
