FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
Field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 reference image: Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

## 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: 2461293.98302416 10.09.2026 11:35:23.287   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
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: 7 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):  17122
Objects passed selection criteria:  16973
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.1    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.1    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 9818
Average stars matched: 9569 (97.4638 %)
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  Thu Sep 10 02:28:55 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-204-g1bee8b93
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-10)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Thu Sep 10 06:41:23 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 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: 2461293.98302416 10.09.2026 11:35:23.287   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 20
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):  131437
Objects passed selection criteria:  130920
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.2    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.2    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 78945
Average stars matched: 75130.2 (95.1678 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   603820 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Thu Sep 10 02:28:55 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-204-g1bee8b93
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-10)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Thu Sep 10 06:42:38 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Tau-04-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Tau-04-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Tau-04-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 262789 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 262789 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

Large previews of the second-epoch (new) images:

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits_preview.png'

Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits


renamed 'Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.png' -> 'transient_report/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits_preview.png'

Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 599.0891
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 758.4070
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3156.1899
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 736.7154
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 3371.3133
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 771.0239
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 5.26831
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.044
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     21.0799999237061 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/d_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits :)

Spent 0.601434 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/d_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     21.0900001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 21.1 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/d_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits :)

Spent 0.679756 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/d_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits



fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits




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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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: 2461293.98251740
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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.319 +21:59:36.38 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 05:32:19.319 +21:59:36.38
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0060 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_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.2'x624.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.600 +21:59:13.39 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 05:32:19.600 +21:59:13.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0123 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  05:32:19.319 +21:59:36.38
Second-epoch second image center 05:32:19.600 +21:59:13.39
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00648 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.22xoKbJd8A
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.d9GGKudgJL
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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6oU23jYXDi
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GlA37t2IAI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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 0 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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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
 11.8 mag.  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
 12.1 mag.  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  11.8 (SNR )   9.7 (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.22xoKbJd8A (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/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.d9GGKudgJL (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/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.6oU23jYXDi (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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=125, bad_region=708, passed=2031
Got 2031 stars (including 1227 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2031 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1183 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1161 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1140 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1161 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.52" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1184 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1159 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1446 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1159 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1444 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.62" 
Excluding outliers - 1159 stars left (next iteration limit 1277)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1159 robust_rms=6.804 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.306 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1159 robust_rms=0.605 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.762 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1159 robust_rms=0.530 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.591 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1159 robust_rms_before=0.972 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.669 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.530 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.898 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.591
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.284 +21:59:35.89 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2031 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky3913776.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.972 -> 0.530 arcsec)
SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 1159 pairs from the initial matching)
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 533 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1103 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
SIP_REFIT: re-match found 1103 pairs (1159 from the initial matching)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1103 robust_rms=6.905 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.091 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1103 robust_rms=0.592 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.740 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1103 robust_rms=0.529 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.592 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1103 robust_rms_before=0.528 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.528 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.529 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.585 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.592
SIP_REFIT: the refit on the re-matched pairs is worse than the solution it would replace (worst-quadrant 0.592 vs 0.585 arcsec) - keeping the current solution
SIP_REFIT: the second refit on the re-matched pairs was not applied - keeping the first refit solution
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1103 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1441 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.48" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1103 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1433 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits N_match=1103 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.549 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.544 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.553 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.655 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.481 n_q1=229 n_q2=214 n_q3=267 n_q4=393 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.193
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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.GlA37t2IAI (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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=117, bad_region=791, passed=2125
Got 2125 stars (including 1248 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2125 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013017 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010413 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 533 to 587 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1193 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1176 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1163 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.57" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1176 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1489 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 533 to 587 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1194 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1174 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1488 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.65" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1174 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1488 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.65" 
Excluding outliers - 1174 stars left (next iteration limit 1293)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1174 robust_rms=7.743 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.091 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1174 robust_rms=0.571 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.771 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1174 robust_rms=0.511 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.566 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1174 robust_rms_before=0.891 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.718 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.511 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.874 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.566
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.575 +21:59:12.79 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2125 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky3913615.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.891 -> 0.511 arcsec)
SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (search radius 3.0 arcsec, 1174 pairs from the initial matching)
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 533 to 587 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1110 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
SIP_REFIT: re-match found 1110 pairs (1174 from the initial matching)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1110 robust_rms=7.568 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=9.103 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1110 robust_rms=0.564 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.733 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1110 robust_rms=0.506 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.569 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1110 robust_rms_before=0.506 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.506 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.506 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.569 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.569
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.575 +21:59:12.78 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 2125 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/correct_sextractor_wcs_catalog_usingxy2sky3921343.tmp' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.506 -> 0.506 arcsec)
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1110 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1478 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.49" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1110 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1471 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits N_match=1110 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.524 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.532 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.561 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.574 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.470 n_q1=273 n_q2=291 n_q3=199 n_q4=347 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits'
###################################
# 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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits sigma_overall=0.549 worst_q_ratio=1.193
new2=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits sigma_overall=0.524 worst_q_ratio=1.096
reference average sigma_overall=0.4505 worst_q_ratio=1.184
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156_astrometric_residuals.png (1103 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157_astrometric_residuals.png (1110 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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 
###################################
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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.284 +21:59:35.89 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 05:32:19.284 +21:59:35.89
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0062 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_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 05:32:19.575 +21:59:12.78 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 05:32:19.575 +21:59:12.78
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0125 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  05:32:19.284 +21:59:35.89
Second-epoch second image center 05:32:19.575 +21:59:12.78
Angular distance between the image centers 0.00652 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2025-12-23_01-27-09_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0378.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2UyujK9icW
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.iPztzzm26A
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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DlLtxtCDzm
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits &> /tmp/tmp.trFPZroqvI
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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 12 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
 2.1 pix  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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
 12.8 mag.  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
 12.7 mag.  fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  12.7 (SNR )  12.3 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.2UyujK9icW (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/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.iPztzzm26A (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/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.DlLtxtCDzm (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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=6, blended=622, bad_region=5925, passed=21733
Got 21733 stars (including 15372 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 21733 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4784 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4714 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4713 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17549 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 16.6 to 27.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4781 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4709 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17549 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.56" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4709 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17549 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.59" 
Excluding outliers - 4709 stars left (next iteration limit 5184)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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=4709 robust_rms=7.134 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.931 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4709 robust_rms=0.671 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.862 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4709 robust_rms=0.593 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.688 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4709 robust_rms_before=0.605 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.613 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.593 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.704 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.688
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.704 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits N_match=4709 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.631 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.637 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.664 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.724 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.541 n_q1=1055 n_q2=960 n_q3=1099 n_q4=1595 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.147
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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.trFPZroqvI (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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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=1, blended=666, bad_region=6688, passed=22675
Got 22675 stars (including 15540 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 22675 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 532 to 588 (Dec 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4783 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4699 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4700 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4698 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17992 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 16.6 to 27.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4781 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4698 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17992 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.55" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4698 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17992 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.58" 
Excluding outliers - 4698 stars left (next iteration limit 5167)
Stop iterations.


 The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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=4698 robust_rms=7.149 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=8.995 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4698 robust_rms=0.635 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.828 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4698 robust_rms=0.571 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.680 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4698 robust_rms_before=0.587 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.577 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.571 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.685 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.680
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.685 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits N_match=4698 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.587 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.548 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.651 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.693 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.518 n_q1=1159 n_q2=1218 n_q3=798 n_q4=1523 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.181
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.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 05:50:07.46 +21:48:36.2:  12.07 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_20-27-39_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0035.fits at 05:50:07.46 +21:48:36.2:  12.07 +/- 0.01  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.07 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:50:07.46 +21:48:36.2: ref_mag=12.07 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.6053 delta=0.46 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
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: 0s
  
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Considering the candidate 189176_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 189176_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    9.69    05:50:08.80 +19:51:44.3   7319 1924   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.0") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 189192_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 189192_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    9.55    05:25:47.75 +22:01:59.8   3875 3235   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.0") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 189440_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 189440_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    10.61    05:47:22.27 +18:19:17.5   6939 0981   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.1") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 190741_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 190741_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    11.94    05:39:10.57 +23:20:17.7   5746 4010   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

**** FOUND  05:39:10.48 +23:20:17.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 191234_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 191234_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    12.00    05:30:50.72 +22:27:25.2   4585 3481   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

**** FOUND  05:30:50.70 +22:27:24.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 192123_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 192123_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    12.15    05:24:06.54 +18:04:26.9   3587 0841   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.1") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 192466_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 192466_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    12.45    05:29:36.54 +24:53:26.6   4430 4955   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (25.9") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 192501_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 192501_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    12.55    05:17:26.17 +25:51:49.7   2775 5588   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (23.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 82320_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 82320_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 10.48252    2461293.98252    11.78    05:50:07.50 +21:48:35.5   7290 3101   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Discovery image 3     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    11.51    05:50:07.41 +21:48:36.8   7290 3105   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 120168_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 120168_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    10.64    05:46:56.34 +17:54:32.4   6881 0729   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

**** FOUND  05:46:56.35 +17:54:32.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 84793_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 84793_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    7.32    05:27:38.18 +21:56:13.1   4132 3172   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

**** FOUND  05:27:38.17 +21:56:13.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 81681_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157
The candidate 81681_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 09 10.48302    2461293.98302    7.17    05:19:16.81 +22:05:46.9   2962 3295   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits

**** FOUND  05:19:16.83 +22:05:45.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 1s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
Source monitoring: measuring positions from /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/img_2026-09-10_CI_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_063723_TTUQ2b1x1_3771590_HY336ZQv/monitoring_positions.txt
Source monitoring: positions closer than 100 pix to a frame edge are recorded as edge
Read 21739 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3009 to 91.7754 deg, Dec +16.5811 to +27.2580 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 74.3009 to 91.7754 deg, Dec 16.5811 to 27.2580 deg
Loaded 12034 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): 8767 out of 9067 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9067 out of 21739 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461293.98252 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg  lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 83.07946 deg  Dec= +21.99247 deg
Frame center: alt= +67.492 deg  az= 111.935 deg  airmass= 1.0822
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 67.243 deg (difference +0.250 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.0842 (we compute 1.0822)
Airmass zero-point fit: REJECT_NOISY_FIT  k= +3.0438 +/- 0.2562 mag/airmass  N= 5117  airmass span 1.0278-1.1730  scatter 0.5634 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits: REJECT_NOISY_FIT +3.415312 -3.043781 1.0822 +3.0438 5117 0.1452 0.5634 1.0278 1.1730
Edge margin: 100.0 pix (FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_EDGE_MARGIN_PIX)
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits list=monitoring_pixlist3836993.tmp aperture=4.3
Image size: 9576 x 6388
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).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 20.809700
Forced photometry: center=(3246.12, 4217.01) aperture=4.3
Annulus: inner=8.60 outer=21.50 edge margin=100.00
Background annulus: 1221 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 2 iterations, 1214/1221 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=2521.51 median=2522.00 mean=2522.33 sigma=71.73 -> bg=2521.51 (1214 pixels)
Aperture sum=57139.97 N_eff=14.5220
Net flux=20522.62 noise=273.36 SNR=75.08
Instrumental magnitude: -10.7806
Calibrated magnitude: 10.0291
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-34-39_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0156.fits (aperture 4.3 pix)
Read 22676 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 74.3012 to 91.7757 deg, Dec +16.5710 to +27.2326 deg
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 74.3012 to 91.7757 deg, Dec 16.5710 to 27.2326 deg
Loaded 12021 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): 8838 out of 9142 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 9142 out of 22676 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits via Tycho-2
util/pixel_flux_airmass_correction processing wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits
Observation time (mid-exposure, UTC): JD 2461293.98302 (FITS header)
Observing site: lat= +33.748292 deg  lon= -101.958319 deg east-positive (SITELAT/SITELONG FITS header keywords)
Frame center (pixel 4788.5 3194.5): RA= 83.08068 deg  Dec= +21.98605 deg
Frame center: alt= +67.624 deg  az= 112.178 deg  airmass= 1.0811
Header cross-check: CENTALT= 67.380 deg (difference +0.244 deg)
Header cross-check: AIRMASS= 1.0831 (we compute 1.0811)
Airmass zero-point fit: REJECT_NOISY_FIT  k= -2.1959 +/- 0.2597 mag/airmass  N= 5123  airmass span 1.0273-1.1669  scatter 0.5406 mag
Source monitoring: airmass zero-point for wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits: REJECT_NOISY_FIT -2.337369 +2.195903 1.0811 -2.1959 5123 0.1397 0.5406 1.0273 1.1669
Edge margin: 100.0 pix (FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_EDGE_MARGIN_PIX)
Forced photometry (list mode): image=wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits list=monitoring_pixlist3836993.tmp aperture=4.3
Image size: 9576 x 6388
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).
Saturation level: 57000.0
Calibration (from calib.txt_param_monitoring, fit_function=3): cal_mag = 0.000000 * x^2 + 1.000000 * x + 20.907250
Forced photometry: center=(3245.46, 4220.84) aperture=4.3
Annulus: inner=8.60 outer=21.50 edge margin=100.00
Background annulus: 1215 pixels
Iterative clipping converged after 2 iterations, 1211/1215 pixels remain
SExtractor background: mode=3560.64 median=3567.00 mean=3571.24 sigma=89.58 -> bg=3560.64 (1211 pixels)
Aperture sum=56244.93 N_eff=14.5220
Net flux=4537.30 noise=341.35 SNR=13.29
Instrumental magnitude: -9.1420
Calibrated magnitude: 11.7653
Source monitoring: 1 position(s) measured on wcs_fd_Tau-04-Q2b1x1_2026-09-10_06-35-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0157.fits (aperture 4.3 pix)
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The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461293.98251740 -observatory V36
11:58:35.94 +00:58:38.3 Mercury (-0.7mag)
13:43:49.53 -15:41:26.9 Venus (-4.7mag)
07:22:33.06 +22:46:00.6 Mars (1.2mag)
09:11:39.43 +16:46:29.0 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:50:58.77 +02:33:19.6 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:13:42.59 +21:02:03.2 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:13:26.52 -00:05:16.7 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:25:22.81 -23:40:19.0 Pluto (14.5mag)
10:44:03.18 +06:52:38.5 Moon (99.9mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461293.98251740:
09:11:46.82 +16:45:52.9 Io (6.2mag)
09:11:41.39 +16:46:20.5 Europa (6.3mag)
09:11:28.25 +16:47:27.3 Ganymede (5.7mag)
09:11:40.52 +16:46:25.7 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:09:32.51 +17:04:22.3 Himalia (15.7mag)
09:11:39.78 +16:46:27.7 Thebe (16.6mag)
09:09:07.58 +16:58:15.6 Elara (17.7mag)
09:15:28.27 +16:13:08.4 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
09:12:30.61 +17:05:08.4 Carme (19.0mag)
00:50:44.66 +02:33:23.9 Titan (8.3mag)
00:50:57.35 +02:33:24.3 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:51:05.14 +02:35:30.3 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:51:13.40 +02:33:14.1 Hyperion (14.3mag)
00:49:42.26 +02:22:46.3 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461293.98251740:
22:29:25.49 +04:15:03.8 JWST
18:37:36.25 +16:36:25.2 Chandra
07:05:15.69 -05:47:58.0 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461293.98251740 -observatory V36
03:42:12.41 +19:28:56.9 17.3mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:04:07.13 -34:09:05.0 14.4mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:21:50.77 -70:28:47.8 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:16:01.76 +33:47:01.0 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
22:10:58.25 +28:16:32.4 17.5mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
07:12:33.88 +25:55:13.4 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:52:25.86 +27:06:49.4 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:50:41.07 +05:12:55.3 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:28:44.90 -15:55:42.3 14.9mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:41:08.59 +33:05:34.2 15.8mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:07:01.95 +15:17:11.4 17.9mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:31:43.14 +43:02:50.1 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:21:52.68 +49:07:06.8 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:37:15.17 -13:04:18.7 15.1mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:12:40.33 +17:54:06.8 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:23:08.56 +18:31:10.0 16.8mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:22:16.51 -00:08:30.5 16.8mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
16:50:01.88 +73:29:40.6 16.0mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
03:04:06.33 +46:01:29.2 17.5mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:16:14.03 +11:32:36.7 17.5mag A/2026 E1
22:28:38.58 -35:11:58.5 13.5mag 10P/Tempel
01:24:27.27 +37:39:34.6 17.8mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
11:50:18.59 -05:42:31.4 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
12:14:59.26 -06:05:59.0 17.7mag 63P/Wild
06:45:26.13 +19:00:12.3 13.7mag 78P/Gehrels
03:17:18.41 +15:01:47.8 17.2mag 88P/Howell
05:48:52.73 +29:50:34.1 16.9mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
07:41:11.35 +23:59:05.1 15.9mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
10:34:59.33 +20:11:18.5 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
12:53:38.98 -22:26:32.9 17.5mag 124P/Mrkos
06:21:13.51 +20:32:17.6 15.9mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
02:18:43.91 -17:10:34.7 14.9mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
09:01:49.02 +37:28:12.5 16.4mag 162P/Siding Spring
09:33:18.90 +11:51:41.6 13.2mag 169P/NEAT
03:26:56.11 +08:12:07.1 14.5mag 220P/McNaught
04:56:35.00 +37:18:16.6 15.2mag 260P/McNaught
08:40:21.84 +35:21:22.0 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:27:20.40 -00:36:21.9 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski
09:30:31.50 +16:41:16.3 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80  V488  2026-08-30.13 9.37
18:25:12.74 -22:25:28.60  V8055  2026-08-30.22 10.89
17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10  ASASSN-26ez  2026-08-25.13 10.87
19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00  AT2026zwo  2026-08-24.16 15.78
04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90  AT2026zjy  2026-08-23.03 15.91
03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50  SN2026ymb  2026-08-23.4 16.44
20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30  SN2026yid  2026-08-22.82 15.13
04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60  ASASSN-26ey  2026-08-20.02 15.55
16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80  ASASSN-26ex  2026-08-18.78 3.63
21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60  SN 2026sfn  2026-08-16.3 17.09
23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00  SN 2026yib  2026-08-14.85 17.36
00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70  SN 2026whu  2026-08-14.96 16.5
19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90  ASASSN-26ew  2026-08-13.82 14.73
13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00  SN 2026wkv  2026-08-10.12 15.83
05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-10.59 9.34
01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10  SN2026wpd  2026-08-9.34 16.37
23:47:50.89 +49:28:51.30  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.24 17.09
16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70  AT2026xau  2026-08-9.3 17.71
01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50  SN2026weo  2026-08-7.46 15.76
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
14:10:13.44 -38:46:46.10  AT2026pvk  2026-06-22.06 16.53
20:56:47.23 -18:31:05.20  AT2026plb  2026-06-21.31 16.4
15:44:29.68 +21:00:59.30  SN2026ore  2026-06-21.29 17.57
23:50:05.98 -14:01:41.30  AT2026oxl  2026-06-21.52 17.64
17:36:54.73 -18:10:04.20  AT2026ouj  2026-06-20.92 15.15
00:34:04.08 -30:22:09.20  AT2026ntk  2026-06-18.09 17.34
20:49:13.39 +25:17:59.20  ASASSN-26du  2026-06-15.39 15.93
23:09:30.84 +32:40:42.00  SN2026oxc  2026-06-14.35 16.83
02:02:26.78 +32:04:21.30  AT2026ovz  2026-06-14.59 15.39
21:26:28.11 -72:31:19.50  AT2026nwc  2026-06-11 17.05
17:54:57.33 +26:32:34.20  SN 2026odc  2026-06-11.23 17.62
13:55:59.94 +17:30:37.20  SN 2026nyq  2026-06-11.1 16.24
00:50:45.14 -71:38:36.90  ASASSN-26dt  2026-06-11.13 10.22
14:42:19.73 +19:11:35.60  SN2026nyp  2026-06-10.3 16.32
12:23:23.92 +12:56:43.50  SN2026mta  2026-06-8.29 16.69
12:30:18.51 +47:12:33.20  SN2026oao  2026-06-9.32 17.02
10:51:05.21 -42:28:56.60  AT2026nvf  2026-06-8.12 16.75
13:50:22.48 -07:35:00.00  SN2026npn  2026-06-8.02 17.58
00:56:07.17 +43:01:43.20  ASASSN-26dq  2026-06-7.43 13.58
01:07:49.46 +41:59:43.70  SN 2026obc  2026-06-7.43 15.15
21:11:25.22 +14:14:31.90  ASASSN-26dr  2026-06-7.24 16.24
06:21:27.06 -65:16:42.00  ASASSN-26ds  2026-06-2.97 15.02
20:07:38.15 -21:07:05.40  SN2026mho  2026-05-25.18 -1.12
11:29:42.55 +79:01:03.10  AT2026min  2026-05-24.21 16.63
11:44:33.11 -68:48:32.90  ASASSN-26no  2026-05-24.03 8.35
19:00:42.82 -48:31:01.60  ASASSN-26dp  2026-05-22.31 -3.28
14:23:56.59 -58:37:47.40  ASASSN-26dn  2026-05-20.01 14.59
11:24:54.06 +47:57:01.60  AT2026nma  2026-05-20.29 15.46
21:27:08.58 +33:24:38.10  AT2026lli  2026-05-19.34 15.86
00:31:01.41 -13:38:51.70  AT2026nad  2026-05-19.39 15.34
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
00:44:56.43 +41:57:41.6  PNV J00445643+4157416  2026-07-13.8026  17.98Cmag
00:42:55.36 +41:17:27.0  PNV J00425536+4117270  2026-07-20.1813  17.7mag
20:35:43.64 +61:31:32.9  TCP J20354364+6131329  2026-07-20.5443  14.4mag
21:17:31.48 +22:25:51.0  TCP J21173148+2225510  2026-07-23.5577  14.8mag
00:41:24.04 +40:49:02.8  PNV J00412404+4049028  2026-07-25.0157  18.7mag
00:43:04.26 +41:02:28.6  PNV J00430426+4102286  2026-07-26.1512  20mag
14:51:51.40 +66:13:24.0  TCP J14515140+6613240  2026-07-29.2561  13.5mag
00:43:06.15 +41:22:08.2  PNV J00430615+4122082  2026-07-30.0085  19.4mag
00:41:33.23 +41:10:12.2  PNV J00413323+4110122  2026-08-02.8913  17.1mag
05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-06.4109  11.2mag
22:57:17.96 +47:07:41.8  TCP J22571796+4707418  2026-08-09.3289  14.3mag
09:13:38.17 +76:28:18.1  PSN J09133817+7628181  2026-08-09.8037  15.4mag
00:43:17.29 +41:26:48.6  PNV J00431729+4126486  2026-08-14.0920  16.8mag
00:42:52.82 +41:10:58.6  PNV J00425282+4110586  2026-08-17.7723  19.9mag
00:42:52.83 +41:10:59.6  PNV J00425283+4110596  2026-08-18.6119  19.3mag
18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3  TCP J18251276-2225293  2026-08-19.1062  9.4mag
18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0  TCP J18030904+1218140  2026-08-19.5199  14.9mag
19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2  PNV J19450648+1822422  2026-08-25.1278  9.0mag
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76  PNV J00425038+4118587  2026-09-04.1512  18.2mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
01:10:34.560 -00:57:04.24  AT 2026yyl  2026-08-06.84 21.95
23:32:11.290 +02:22:43.17  AT 2026yyk  2026-08-06.82 22.15
00:08:51.810 +05:23:51.48  AT 2026yyj  2026-08-06.76 22.29
22:56:29.190 +05:38:34.33  AT 2026yyi  2026-08-06.74 22.59
00:15:40.360 +03:16:53.74  AT 2026yyh  2026-08-04.79 21.17
23:43:25.860 +04:21:29.59  AT 2026yyg  2026-08-04.79 20.76
01:06:50.820 +00:11:19.23  AT 2026yyf  2026-08-01.81 21.09
13:53:44.240 -01:14:56.96  AT 2026yye  2026-07-21.61 20.99
23:54:21.350 +02:49:56.21  AT 2026yyd  2026-07-15.87 22.7
23:59:00.130 +05:02:18.24  AT 2026yyc  2026-08-09.84 21.93
02:17:16.710 -00:36:33.05  AT 2026yyb  2026-07-30.82 20.03
02:27:18.740 +05:57:45.58  AT 2026yya  2026-08-01.84 20.95
01:29:14.660 +04:56:12.14  AT 2026yxz  2026-08-06.84 21.5
05:02:13.153 +13:11:04.42  AT 2026yxy  2026-07-19.50 18.8535
22:01:35.905 -00:50:35.09  AT 2026yxx  2026-08-12.32 19.906
16:14:10.014 -14:08:40.56  AT 2026yxw  2026-08-12.88 19.268
02:19:09.961 +30:43:26.21  AT 2026yxv  2026-08-14.56 19.34
13:13:44.418 +06:59:28.07  AT 2026yxu  2026-08-05.16 19.7272
14:52:44.979 +53:35:27.83  AT 2026yxt  2026-08-05.18 20.8609
00:56:58.931 +27:08:48.44  SN 2026yxs  2026-08-15.06 19.27
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Thu Sep 10 06:40:57 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 4 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 8s (0.13 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 30s (0.50 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 14s (0.23 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 56s (0.93 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 8 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 7 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 7 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 27s (0.45 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 23s (0.38 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 2s (0.03 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 1s (0.02 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 54s (0.90 min)
FIELD_Tau-04-Q2b1x1: 128s (2.13 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 131s (2.18 min)
Finished: Thu Sep 10 06:43:08 CDT 2026