FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 reference image: Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 second-epoch image: Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461200.88596046 09.06.2026 09:15:36.984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
First image: 2461200.88596046 09.06.2026 09:15:36.984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Last  image: 2461301.64812147 18.09.2026 03:33:07.695   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.40
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 5 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):  3474
Objects passed selection criteria:  3444
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: 1989.5
Average stars matched: 1935.75 (97.2983 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   230292 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Sep 11 14:55:52 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-210-g97d43bca
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Sep 18 00:27:21 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q1: 83 -> 10, 87.952% > 20%; fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits vs fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits) - possible passing clouds or a bad plate solution; continuing processing
ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q4: 47 -> 15, 68.085% > 20%; fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits vs fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits) - possible passing clouds or a bad plate solution; continuing processing
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461200.88596046 09.06.2026 09:15:36.984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
First image: 2461200.88596046 09.06.2026 09:15:36.984   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Last  image: 2461301.64812147 18.09.2026 03:33:07.695   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 7
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.08
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: 8 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):  25600
Objects passed selection criteria:  25507
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: 15580.8
Average stars matched: 14810.2 (95.0548 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   250264 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Fri Sep 11 14:55:52 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-210-g97d43bca
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.19.5 (2026-09-11)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Fri Sep 18 00:29:09 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-1 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ1b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.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/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 100
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
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
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: 
Mic-01-Q1b1x1
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########### Starting Mic-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
Processing Mic-01-Q1b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 660876 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 660876 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.png' -> 'transient_report/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits_preview.png'

Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits


renamed 'Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.png' -> 'transient_report/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits_preview.png'

Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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= 3359.5586
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 789.9961
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 8639.7490
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2542.6085
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 8760.0191
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 3019.8489
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.57169
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.158
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
ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.158 soft threshold=0.12)
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     27.2900009155273 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 26.0 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/d_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits :)

Spent 0.898784 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/d_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
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Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/d_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits :)

Spent 0.846798 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ1b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/d_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 36313.440328
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=23343.0, right_median=27331.5)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ1b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits



fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ1b1x1/TTUQ1_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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: 2461301.64579426
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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Image size: 937.6'x625.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Image size: 940.5'x627.3'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37 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 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26
Second-epoch image center 20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0828 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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Image size: 940.9'x627.3'  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: 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02 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 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26
Second-epoch image center 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0828 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  20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37
Second-epoch second image center 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01021 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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits &> /tmp/tmp.5RfOpKM1Dp
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jjq9S3q8bW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits &> /tmp/tmp.m8enfnWOu8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.sn39Orgsje
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits) and catalog (wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 3631 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0803 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2678 to -28.4865 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 303.0803 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2678 to -28.4865 deg
Loaded 8112 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): 3059 out of 3109 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3109 out of 3631 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.306400
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.306400
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.40
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.91

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.91

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 3631 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0803 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2678 to -28.4865 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 303.0803 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2678 to -28.4865 deg
Loaded 8112 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): 3059 out of 3109 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3109 out of 3631 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (aperture=6.2)
Read 3667 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0803 to 323.0580 deg, Dec -39.2757 to -28.4866 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 303.0803 to 323.0580 deg, Dec -39.2757 to -28.4866 deg
Loaded 8121 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): 3072 out of 3121 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3121 out of 3667 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ 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:
 2.2 pix  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
 2.2 pix  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
 3.7 pix  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
 2.1 pix  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 13.9 mag.  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
 13.9 mag.  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
 12.5 mag.  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
 13.3 mag.  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  12.5 (SNR )  10.1 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.5RfOpKM1Dp (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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits' -> 'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=279, bad_region=0, passed=3631
Got 3631 stars (including 3351 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3631 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3289 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3285 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3285 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3285 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3631 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3289 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3285 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3631 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3285 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3631 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Excluding outliers - 3285 stars left (next iteration limit 3613)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits N_match=3285 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.471 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.532 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.489 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.483 n_q1=896 n_q2=731 n_q3=899 n_q4=759 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.129
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits -region wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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.jjq9S3q8bW (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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits' -> 'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=279, bad_region=0, passed=3667
Got 3667 stars (including 3382 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3667 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3321 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3313 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3667 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3321 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3667 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3667 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43" 
Excluding outliers - 3313 stars left (next iteration limit 3644)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits N_match=3313 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.467 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.523 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.482 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.474 n_q1=886 n_q2=749 n_q3=917 n_q4=761 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.121
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits -region wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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.m8enfnWOu8 (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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=28, bad_region=0, passed=402
Got 402 stars (including 374 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 402 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013063 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010450 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 306 (Dec -39.5 to -29.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 339 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.51" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 378 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 252 to 306 (Dec -39.5 to -29.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 361 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 379 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.53" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 379 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.54" 
Excluding outliers - 360 stars left (next iteration limit 396)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: the 360 catalog matches do not cover the frame (83/209/21/47 per quadrant, need 22 in each) - keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits N_match=360 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.576 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.507 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.618 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.778 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.577 n_q1=83 n_q2=209 n_q3=21 n_q4=47 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.350
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits -region wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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.sn39Orgsje (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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=63, bad_region=0, passed=313
Got 313 stars (including 250 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 313 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 309 (Dec -39.4 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 241 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 199 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 262 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 

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 252 to 309 (Dec -39.4 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 241 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 262 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 240 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 262 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 240 stars left (next iteration limit 264)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: the 240 catalog matches do not cover the frame (10/197/18/15 per quadrant, need 15 in each) - keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits N_match=240 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.447 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.670 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.392 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.684 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.614 n_q1=10 n_q2=197 n_q3=18 n_q4=15 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.529
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits -region wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits sigma_overall=0.471 worst_q_ratio=1.129
ref2=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits sigma_overall=0.467 worst_q_ratio=1.121
new1=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits sigma_overall=0.576 worst_q_ratio=1.350
new2=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits sigma_overall=0.447 worst_q_ratio=1.529
reference average sigma_overall=0.469 worst_q_ratio=1.125
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q1: 83 -> 10, 87.952% > 20%; fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits vs fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits) - possible passing clouds or a bad plate solution; continuing processing
ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q4: 47 -> 15, 68.085% > 20%; fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits vs fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits) - possible passing clouds or a bad plate solution; continuing processing

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256_astrometric_residuals.png (3285 matched stars from wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257_astrometric_residuals.png (3313 matched stars from wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106_astrometric_residuals.png (360 matched stars from wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.55 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107_astrometric_residuals.png (240 matched stars from wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.41 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Image size: 937.6'x625.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Image size: 940.5'x627.3'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37 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 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26
Second-epoch image center 20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0828 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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Image size: 940.9'x627.3'  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: 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02 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 20:52:09.616 -33:59:56.26
Second-epoch image center 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0828 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  20:52:31.485 -34:01:58.37
Second-epoch second image center 20:52:32.534 -34:01:24.02
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01021 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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits &> /tmp/tmp.R9L5yJcMtj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits &> /tmp/tmp.GMk3JDNG8n
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pbR0Ai5UWL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits &> /tmp/tmp.xbkvhy5q8u
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits and wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits) and catalog (wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 27845 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0287 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2736 to -28.4829 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 303.0287 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2736 to -28.4829 deg
Loaded 8138 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): 6392 out of 6649 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6649 out of 27845 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.137450
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.137450
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.08
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.06

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.06

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 27845 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0287 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2736 to -28.4829 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 303.0287 to 323.0622 deg, Dec -39.2736 to -28.4829 deg
Loaded 8138 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): 6392 out of 6649 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6649 out of 27845 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (aperture=4.7)
Read 27855 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 303.0287 to 323.0580 deg, Dec -39.2802 to -28.4866 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 303.0287 to 323.0580 deg, Dec -39.2802 to -28.4866 deg
Loaded 8143 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): 6382 out of 6646 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6646 out of 27855 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits (aperture=4.7)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.1 pix  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
 2.1 pix  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
 3.3 pix  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
 2.0 pix  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 14.1 mag.  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
 14.1 mag.  Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
 12.4 mag.  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
 13.6 mag.  fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  12.4 (SNR )  12.2 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.R9L5yJcMtj (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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits' -> 'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=5, blended=875, bad_region=0, passed=27840
Got 27840 stars (including 26926 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27840 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4916 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4908 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27840 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4916 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27840 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4908 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27840 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42" 
Excluding outliers - 4908 stars left (next iteration limit 5398)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits N_match=4908 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.458 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.510 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.497 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.444 n_q1=1381 n_q2=1068 n_q3=1288 n_q4=1171 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.112
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits -region wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.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.GMk3JDNG8n (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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits 572.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits' -> 'wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=6, blended=894, bad_region=0, passed=27849
Got 27849 stars (including 26917 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 27849 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013022 (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 0.010418 (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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4909 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4909 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4909 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27849 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4917 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4909 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27849 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4909 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27849 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 4909 stars left (next iteration limit 5399)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits N_match=4909 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.397 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.498 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.453 n_q1=1380 n_q2=1075 n_q3=1283 n_q4=1171 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.094
The image catalog is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits -region wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.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.pbR0Ai5UWL (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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=140, bad_region=0, passed=3053
Got 3053 stars (including 2912 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3053 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013063 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010450 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 307 (Dec -39.5 to -28.9)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2769 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2759 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2749 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.22" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2759 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3036 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.24" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 307 (Dec -39.5 to -28.9)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2769 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2759 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3037 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2759 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3037 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 1.32" 
Excluding outliers - 2759 stars left (next iteration limit 3034)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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=2759 robust_rms=2.926 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=3.305 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2759 robust_rms=1.291 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=1.364 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2759 robust_rms=1.261 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=1.353 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 3
SIP_REFIT: order=3 matched=2759 robust_rms_before=1.609 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=1.304 arcsec robust_rms_after=1.291 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=1.446 worst_quadrant_rms_after=1.364
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 1.446 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits N_match=2759 sigma_overall_arcsec=1.208 sigma_q1_arcsec=1.258 sigma_q2_arcsec=1.277 sigma_q3_arcsec=1.105 sigma_q4_arcsec=1.008 n_q1=738 n_q2=1382 n_q3=186 n_q4=453 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.057
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits -region wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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.xbkvhy5q8u (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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:   190.0  1039.0   192.0  1041.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   226.0  1548.0   228.0  1550.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   351.0  1875.0   353.0  1877.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   501.0  5912.0   503.0  5914.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   638.0  5545.0   640.0  5547.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   724.0  2731.0   726.0  2733.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   883.0  1376.0   885.0  1378.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:   901.0  3972.0   903.0  3974.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1151.0   918.0  1153.0   920.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1157.0   135.0  1159.0   137.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 50 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=2, blended=158, bad_region=0, passed=4121
Got 4121 stars (including 3949 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4121 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 940.9'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 940.9 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013068 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010454 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 252 to 310 (Dec -39.4 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3792 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3754 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.78" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3776 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4091 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.78" 

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 252 to 310 (Dec -39.4 to -28.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3792 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3775 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4089 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.82" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3775 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4089 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.83" 
Excluding outliers - 3775 stars left (next iteration limit 4153)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: the 3775 catalog matches do not cover the frame (275/2841/447/212 per quadrant, need 235 in each) - keeping the original solution
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits N_match=3775 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.806 sigma_q1_arcsec=1.048 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.735 sigma_q3_arcsec=1.081 sigma_q4_arcsec=1.007 n_q1=275 n_q2=2841 n_q3=447 n_q4=212 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.340
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits -region wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
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_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.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_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/wcs_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-15-36_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0256.fits at 21:30:02.65 -38:26:46.4:  13.14 +/- 0.17  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-06-09_04-16-32_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0257.fits at 21:30:02.65 -38:26:46.4:  13.10 +/- 0.17  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.12 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 21:30:02.65 -38:26:46.4: ref_mag=13.12 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=12.6246 delta=0.50 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
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 32430_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107
The candidate 32430_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 09 18.14812    2461301.64812    11.89    20:41:43.71 -37:54:09.0   3644 0767   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (29.8") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 32478_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107
The candidate 32478_fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 09 18.14579    2461301.64579    12.44    21:30:02.59 -38:26:47.0   9424 0575   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-29-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0106.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 09 18.14812    2461301.64812    12.79    21:30:02.71 -38:26:45.7   9421 0570   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-17_CI_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_223348_TTUQ1b1x1_327041_N4lYZznr/fd_Mic-01-Q1b1x1_2026-09-17_22-33-07_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0107.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Mic-01-Q1b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Mic-01-Q1b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ1.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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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)2461301.64579426 -observatory V36
12:42:57.43 -04:46:24.4 Mercury (-0.4mag)
13:59:31.23 -18:10:27.1 Venus (-4.8mag)
07:42:43.16 +22:09:04.8 Mars (1.2mag)
09:17:44.83 +16:20:08.2 Jupiter (-1.8mag)
00:49:01.65 +02:19:52.3 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:13:36.71 +21:01:48.7 Uranus (5.7mag)
00:12:41.17 -00:10:19.7 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:55.85 -23:41:43.5 Pluto (14.5mag)
16:58:51.93 -28:25:18.3 Moon (-10.2mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461301.64579426:
09:17:43.37 +16:20:16.1 Io (6.0mag)
09:17:38.17 +16:20:43.6 Europa (6.2mag)
09:17:38.65 +16:20:42.3 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:17:54.48 +16:19:19.1 Callisto (6.8mag)
09:15:58.65 +16:40:33.7 Himalia (15.7mag)
09:17:48.79 +16:19:49.5 Thebe (16.5mag)
09:15:26.05 +16:34:47.3 Elara (17.7mag)
09:21:19.35 +15:44:55.7 Pasiphae (17.9mag)
09:18:02.49 +16:40:55.4 Carme (18.9mag)
00:49:13.71 +02:19:32.1 Titan (8.3mag)
00:49:05.94 +02:19:36.5 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:48:45.78 +02:20:43.7 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:48:46.41 +02:20:01.0 Hyperion (14.3mag)
00:47:37.80 +02:08:41.7 Phoebe (16.3mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Sep 18 00:27 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461301.64579426:
23:37:30.12 +11:32:28.2 JWST
18:09:10.68 +28:05:49.7 Chandra
01:51:51.10 +63:33:30.3 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461301.64579426 -observatory V36
03:45:30.50 +19:46:17.4 17.3mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:07:47.80 -34:00:09.2 14.5mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:27:12.35 -70:55:39.0 17.3mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:16:34.83 +33:59:21.5 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
05:03:09.42 +46:51:56.2 16.2mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
22:05:13.46 +27:16:09.5 17.5mag C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
07:17:53.94 +25:47:00.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
10:59:25.25 +26:51:55.6 17.1mag C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)
09:55:25.08 +05:10:18.1 18.0mag C/2022 R6 (PANSTARRS)
15:27:32.32 -16:35:47.6 15.0mag C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)
08:47:19.96 +33:37:02.8 15.9mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
15:08:23.96 +15:12:25.7 18.0mag C/2024 G6 (ATLAS)
18:28:15.53 +42:41:29.0 13.7mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
20:12:16.60 +48:33:33.8 17.4mag C/2024 R4 (PANSTARRS)
05:40:42.37 -13:11:52.5 15.0mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
07:14:36.20 +16:18:44.4 17.8mag C/2025 J1 (Borisov)
11:35:51.14 +17:54:23.2 16.6mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:28:54.09 -00:46:20.5 16.7mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
17:13:42.77 +72:01:41.1 16.5mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:58:57.26 +45:38:30.6 17.6mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:23:25.75 +12:10:19.9 17.6mag A/2026 E1
22:35:15.60 -35:06:25.0 13.6mag 10P/Tempel
01:36:23.09 +38:51:53.7 17.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
11:55:29.23 -06:17:58.0 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
12:30:24.48 -08:29:05.0 17.8mag 63P/Wild
06:59:28.72 +18:20:47.0 17.1mag 78P/Gehrels
03:15:55.14 +15:01:19.4 16.8mag 88P/Howell
06:15:11.13 +32:40:30.1 17.3mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
08:03:02.53 +21:49:10.2 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
10:51:49.68 +18:31:05.0 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
13:10:56.75 -25:01:56.0 17.6mag 124P/Mrkos
06:29:52.14 +20:16:06.9 15.8mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
01:32:50.86 -15:13:46.4 14.4mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
09:33:01.47 +08:22:46.6 12.5mag 169P/NEAT
03:31:14.46 +07:26:27.7 14.6mag 220P/McNaught
05:16:08.27 +39:31:09.3 15.3mag 260P/McNaught
09:00:06.49 +34:27:11.4 17.3mag 295P/LINEAR
15:32:46.14 -01:27:14.8 17.9mag 391P/Kowalski
09:36:58.72 +16:18:07.1 17.8mag 450P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30  SN 2026aafh  2026-09-14.11 15.02
23:36:00.27 -19:28:18.00  SN 2026aaks  2026-09-14.44 16.89
16:35:24.86 -05:32:38.20  SN2026aasi  2026-09-12.99 16.58
16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80  SN2026aafk  2026-09-13.25 17.4
23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60  SN2026aafs  2026-09-13.47 17
21:20:27.02 +02:10:42.50  SN2026aagh   -------
08:02:26.85 -24:37:44.10  ASASSN-26fe  2026-09-13.34 13.67
02:29:34.91 +23:06:56.30  SN2026aars  2026-09-12.27 16.93
02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50  SN 2026znh  2026-09-9.92 16.26
04:59:14.53 -83:27:58.80  ASASSN-26fd  2026-09-9.11 17.27
17:52:06.79 -23:43:20.70  ASASSN-26fc  2026-09-8.79 12.14
03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70  SN 2026zfw  2026-09-8 17.78
01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10  SN2026aacj  2026-09-7.17 16.27
20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10  SN2026zji  2026-09-7.14 15.87
22:37:05.59 +34:24:35.70  SN2026aaiv  2026-09-7.22 13.48
22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60  ASASSN-26fb  2026-09-5.3 13.93
00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50  AT2026aabo  2026-09-3.29 15.02
00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60  SN 2026zhl  2026-08-31.92 16.51
19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70  ASASSN-26fa  2026-08-31.18 14.63
00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30  AT2026zwp  2026-08-31.41 15.59
19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80  V488  2026-08-30.13 9.37
18:25:12.79 -22:25:29.10  V8055  2026-08-30 10.76
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
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
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
00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4  PNV J00421276+4116284  2026-09-10.9176  18.67Cmag
17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7  TCP J17520680-2343207  2026-09-08.7896  12.6mag
00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1  PNV J00424094+4115371  2026-09-17.8925  18.3mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
17:13:19.490 +17:00:24.97  AT 2026zud  2026-08-10.71 20.48
00:21:00.990 +44:37:13.24  AT 2026zuc  2026-08-08.73 21.05
23:36:38.870 +35:27:45.75  AT 2026zub  2026-08-08.72 21.58
16:12:46.730 +35:52:51.05  AT 2026zua  2026-08-06.66 21.15
16:21:55.120 +33:34:30.72  AT 2026ztz  2026-07-30.70 20.99
00:07:50.530 +34:47:54.45  AT 2026zty  2026-07-22.75 20.79
15:29:46.440 +49:16:21.79  AT 2026ztx  2026-07-17.72 20.75
01:13:17.440 -00:46:57.82  AT 2026ztw  2026-08-21.85 22.62
23:39:45.630 +02:14:11.23  AT 2026ztv  2026-08-21.76 21.96
01:11:24.280 -00:53:49.91  AT 2026ztu  2026-08-20.87 22.9
00:00:20.520 +02:13:22.36  AT 2026ztt  2026-08-20.76 22.13
02:07:01.070 +02:19:51.17  AT 2026zts  2026-08-19.90 22.6
23:21:03.710 +02:33:46.65  AT 2026ztr  2026-08-18.75 22.61
02:09:42.020 +06:04:07.32  AT 2026ztq  2026-08-17.90 22.57
01:48:49.310 -00:49:41.07  AT 2026ztp  2026-08-17.86 22.78
23:46:19.220 +05:36:55.63  AT 2026zto  2026-08-16.76 21.56
02:13:40.640 -01:03:52.18  AT 2026ztn  2026-08-14.90 22.82
02:10:05.480 +01:50:53.37  AT 2026ztm  2026-08-14.89 22.74
02:01:32.470 +03:33:31.10  AT 2026ztl  2026-08-14.89 22.82
01:35:45.000 -00:43:17.91  AT 2026ztk  2026-08-14.88 22.86
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Fri Sep 18 00:26:43 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 85s (1.42 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 10s (0.17 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: 4s (0.07 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 105s (1.75 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 4 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 8s (0.13 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: 16s (0.27 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: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 28s (0.47 min)
FIELD_Mic-01-Q1b1x1: 156s (2.60 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 167s (2.78 min)
Finished: Fri Sep 18 00:29:30 CDT 2026