This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 19.3810 2461302.8810 14.77 04:08:48.94 +07:51:10.4
183.97195 -30.80365 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.8" and 10.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.404 Arsinoe 0 -0 0 14.5 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:08:48.94 +07:51:10.4: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:08:48.94 +07:51:10.4: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 09 19.3810* 04 08 48.94 +07 51 10.4 14.8 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461302.8810,14.77,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260919.3810 14.77CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 09 19.3810 2461302.8810 14.01 04:02:52.80 +02:57:23.8
187.54411 -34.94656 galactic Tau Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 10.2 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.483 Seppina -0 -1 1 14.1 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:02:52.80 +02:57:23.8: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:02:52.80 +02:57:23.8: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 09 19.3810* 04 02 52.80 +02 57 23.8 14.0 U Tau 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461302.8810,14.01,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20260919.3810 14.01CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461061.69103028 21.01.2026 04:34:55.016 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
First image: 2461061.69103028 21.01.2026 04:34:55.016 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Last image: 2461302.88135528 19.09.2026 09:08:59.096 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 5
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 7545
Objects passed selection criteria: 7522
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 5802.25
Average stars matched: 5415.25 (93.3302 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 233232 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 Sat Sep 19 04:24:02 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461061.69103028 21.01.2026 04:34:55.016 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
First image: 2461061.69103028 21.01.2026 04:34:55.016 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Last image: 2461302.88135528 19.09.2026 09:08:59.096 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 41
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.22
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: 14 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): 47650
Objects passed selection criteria: 47521
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.0 3.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 37552.2
Average stars matched: 34735.5 (92.4991 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 264852 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 Sat Sep 19 04:24:54 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Checking 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: 2461302.88062870
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'tocp_transients_list.txt' -> '../tocp_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18 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 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14
Second-epoch image center 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0442 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55 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 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14
Second-epoch image center 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0605 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 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18
Second-epoch second image center 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01633 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits &> /tmp/tmp.fgmxuMuqzJ
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XJ0M5oJpqC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VNZYqSYSGB
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits &> /tmp/tmp.frIMcIQDAU
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3081 to 72.2820 deg, Dec +0.6924 to +11.2683 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 56.3081 to 72.2820 deg, Dec 0.6924 to 11.2683 deg
Loaded 5018 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): 4111 out of 4342 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4342 out of 8663 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.922800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.922800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.54
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.38
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8663 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3081 to 72.2820 deg, Dec +0.6924 to +11.2683 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 56.3081 to 72.2820 deg, Dec 0.6924 to 11.2683 deg
Loaded 5018 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): 4111 out of 4342 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4342 out of 8663 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 7732 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.2889 to 72.2642 deg, Dec +0.7253 to +11.3032 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 56.2889 to 72.2642 deg, Dec 0.7253 to 11.3032 deg
Loaded 5008 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): 4066 out of 4298 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4298 out of 7732 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 5 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
2.1 pix Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.4 pix fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
2.3 pix fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
15.2 mag. Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
15.1 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
15.1 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.1 (SNR ) 12.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=654, bad_region=1709, passed=8663
Got 8663 stars (including 6418 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8663 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7295 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.22"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7295 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7295 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Excluding outliers - 4899 stars left (next iteration limit 5388)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits N_match=4899 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.254 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.236 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.234 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.207 n_q1=1740 n_q2=718 n_q3=1781 n_q4=660 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.197
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=626, bad_region=1495, passed=7732
Got 7732 stars (including 5720 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7732 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6528 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4906 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6528 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6528 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4899 stars left (next iteration limit 5388)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4899 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.311 n_q1=1755 n_q2=718 n_q3=1774 n_q4=652 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.246
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.VNZYqSYSGB (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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=469, bad_region=2300, passed=7381
Got 7381 stars (including 4744 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7381 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4653 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4646 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4646 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4646 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5539 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4653 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4646 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5539 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4646 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5539 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4646 stars left (next iteration limit 5110)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4646 robust_rms=7.269 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.654 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4646 robust_rms=0.418 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.556 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4646 robust_rms=0.332 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.371 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4646 robust_rms_before=0.872 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.337 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.332 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.371 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.371
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.371 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits N_match=4646 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.399 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.370 n_q1=1275 n_q2=1063 n_q3=1369 n_q4=939 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.122
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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.frIMcIQDAU (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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=475, bad_region=2288, passed=7352
Got 7352 stars (including 4716 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7352 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4621 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4616 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4616 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4616 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4621 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4616 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4616 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5519 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4616 stars left (next iteration limit 5077)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4616 robust_rms=7.321 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.733 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4616 robust_rms=0.430 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.545 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4616 robust_rms=0.357 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.388 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4616 robust_rms_before=0.864 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.362 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.357 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.390 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.388
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.390 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits N_match=4616 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.375 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.424 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.369 n_q1=1264 n_q2=1047 n_q3=1378 n_q4=927 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.114
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits sigma_overall=0.254 worst_q_ratio=1.197
ref2=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.246
new1=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits sigma_overall=0.356 worst_q_ratio=1.122
new2=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits sigma_overall=0.381 worst_q_ratio=1.114
reference average sigma_overall=0.304 worst_q_ratio=1.2215
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193_astrometric_residuals.png (4899 matched stars from wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.22 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108_astrometric_residuals.png (4899 matched stars from wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462_astrometric_residuals.png (4646 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463_astrometric_residuals.png (4616 matched stars from wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:18:07.55 +04:56:57.8: 12.35 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:22:40.00 +03:45:45.0: 12.13 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:25:22.54 +05:07:03.2: 12.23 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:31:15.47 +06:34:11.2: 12.23 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:18:07.55 +04:56:57.8: 12.38 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:25:22.54 +05:07:03.2: 12.23 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:22:40.00 +03:45:45.0: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:31:15.47 +06:34:11.2: 12.18 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.36 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.12 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.23 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:18:07.55 +04:56:57.8: ref_mag=12.36 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3016 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.21 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:22:40.00 +03:45:45.0: ref_mag=12.12 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1094 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:25:22.54 +05:07:03.2: ref_mag=12.23 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2420 delta=-0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:31:15.47 +06:34:11.2: ref_mag=12.21 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1804 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 21139_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 21139_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 21207_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 21207_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 21260_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 21260_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 21307_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 21307_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 01031_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 01031_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:29:11.63 +09:56:41.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Tau-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Image size: 941.6'x627.1' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18 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 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14
Second-epoch image center 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0442 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55 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 04:17:16.928 +05:58:49.14
Second-epoch image center 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0605 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 04:17:09.562 +06:00:44.18
Second-epoch second image center 04:17:07.054 +06:01:29.55
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01633 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LA4nRBnxx8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jmgvZhvNJW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits &> /tmp/tmp.FqSlbU69Gr
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits &> /tmp/tmp.T3OXh5h6N1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits and wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits) and catalog (wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 52195 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3081 to 72.2950 deg, Dec +0.6737 to +11.2686 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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 56.3081 to 72.2950 deg, Dec 0.6737 to 11.2686 deg
Loaded 5032 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): 3858 out of 4399 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4399 out of 52195 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.791450
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.791450
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.22
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.57
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.57
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 52195 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.3081 to 72.2950 deg, Dec +0.6737 to +11.2686 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
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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 56.3081 to 72.2950 deg, Dec 0.6737 to 11.2686 deg
Loaded 5032 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): 3858 out of 4399 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4399 out of 52195 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 48772 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 56.2863 to 72.2642 deg, Dec +0.7157 to +11.3031 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
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
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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 56.2863 to 72.2642 deg, Dec 0.7157 to 11.3031 deg
Loaded 5014 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): 3858 out of 4392 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4392 out of 48772 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 33 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
1.9 pix Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
2.2 pix fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
2.1 pix fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
15.4 mag. Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
15.3 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
15.3 mag. fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 14.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=9, blended=2672, bad_region=8043, passed=52186
Got 52186 stars (including 41786 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 52186 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.6'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.6 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013078 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010462 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4913 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4918 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.23"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 45893 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 4913 stars left (next iteration limit 5404)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits N_match=4913 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.246 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.232 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.225 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.207 n_q1=1732 n_q2=718 n_q3=1791 n_q4=672 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.233
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits' -> 'wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=2468, bad_region=7461, passed=48761
Got 48761 stars (including 39142 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 48761 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013081 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010464 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
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: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4911 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
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: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 42973 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4911 stars left (next iteration limit 5402)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits N_match=4911 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.338 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.302 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.294 n_q1=1733 n_q2=718 n_q3=1797 n_q4=663 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.233
The image catalog is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits -region wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
############ /tmp/tmp.FqSlbU69Gr (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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1946, bad_region=9833, passed=42449
Got 42449 stars (including 31306 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42449 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4900 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4892 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34994 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4899 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34994 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4892 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 34993 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4892 stars left (next iteration limit 5381)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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=4892 robust_rms=7.000 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.947 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4892 robust_rms=0.422 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.553 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4892 robust_rms=0.330 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.375 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4892 robust_rms_before=0.850 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.337 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.330 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.377 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.375
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.377 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits N_match=4892 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.398 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.357 n_q1=1369 n_q2=1056 n_q3=1447 n_q4=1020 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.123
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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.T3OXh5h6N1 (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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=10, blended=2001, bad_region=9971, passed=42979
Got 42979 stars (including 31709 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 42979 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4890 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35380 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4897 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35380 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4890 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 35380 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36"
Excluding outliers - 4890 stars left (next iteration limit 5379)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.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=4890 robust_rms=6.976 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=7.815 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.431 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.541 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4890 robust_rms=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms=0.392 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4890 robust_rms_before=0.840 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.355 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.355 arcsec worst_quadrant_rms_before=0.380 worst_quadrant_rms_after=0.392
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-quadrant baseline 0.380 arcsec) - keeping the original
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits N_match=4890 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.344 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.378 n_q1=1363 n_q2=1053 n_q3=1457 n_q4=1017 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.084
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits -region wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-07-56_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0462.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.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_2026-09-19_CI_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_041333_TTUQ2b1x1_3297489_WZzNveJp/wcs_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Tau-08-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:02:29.37 +08:41:51.1: 14.43 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:08:48.94 +07:51:10.4: 16.13 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:19:47.97 +06:45:31.8: 14.99 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:02:52.80 +02:57:23.8: 15.99 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:26:13.81 +06:26:35.7: 14.95 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:07:39.47 +06:22:04.6: 14.62 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:20:14.91 +03:01:59.7: 14.98 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:32:34.66 +05:27:41.7: 14.26 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:23:51.98 +06:56:31.8: 13.93 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:26:13.81 +06:26:35.7: 14.88 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:02:29.37 +08:41:51.1: 14.48 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:07:39.47 +06:22:04.6: 14.60 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:19:47.97 +06:45:31.8: 14.53 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.92 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:20:14.91 +03:01:59.7: 14.65 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:08:48.94 +07:51:10.4: 15.95 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:26:13.81 +06:26:35.7: ref_mag=14.92 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.7356 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.45 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:02:52.80 +02:57:23.8: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.61 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:02:29.37 +08:41:51.1: ref_mag=14.45 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7408 delta=-0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.69 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:07:39.47 +06:22:04.6: ref_mag=14.61 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7552 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:19:47.97 +06:45:31.8: ref_mag=14.69 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.7268 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.79 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:20:14.91 +03:01:59.7: ref_mag=14.79 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.8691 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:10:21.94 +06:00:47.5: 14.41 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:32:34.66 +05:27:41.7: 14.27 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.26 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:32:34.66 +05:27:41.7: ref_mag=14.26 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.3222 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:23:51.98 +06:56:31.8: 13.93 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.93 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:23:51.98 +06:56:31.8: ref_mag=13.93 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=14.0297 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:10:21.94 +06:00:47.5: 14.25 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.34 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:10:21.94 +06:00:47.5: ref_mag=14.34 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.4410 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:34:54.88 +08:38:00.9: 14.70 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:21:07.80 +10:17:59.0: 15.13 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:06:01.89 +04:40:05.3: 14.93 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:19:51.05 +02:30:10.1: 14.53 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:10:52.41 +01:45:38.5: 15.38 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:22:31.43 +05:42:29.2: 14.55 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 03:59:45.17 +05:12:36.2: 15.16 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:34:54.88 +08:38:00.9: 14.49 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:21:07.80 +10:17:59.0: 15.20 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.58 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:34:54.88 +08:38:00.9: ref_mag=14.58 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.6767 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:06:01.89 +04:40:05.3: 15.07 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.15 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:21:07.80 +10:17:59.0: ref_mag=15.15 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7416 delta=0.41 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.98 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:06:01.89 +04:40:05.3: ref_mag=14.98 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.6644 delta=0.31 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:19:51.05 +02:30:10.1: 14.48 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.51 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:19:51.05 +02:30:10.1: ref_mag=14.51 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.7101 delta=-0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:11:30.36 +09:16:47.3: 14.58 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:10:52.41 +01:45:38.5: 15.11 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.23 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:10:52.41 +01:45:38.5: ref_mag=15.23 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.6820 delta=0.55 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:22:31.43 +05:42:29.2: 14.21 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.34 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:22:31.43 +05:42:29.2: ref_mag=14.34 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.6550 delta=-0.31 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 03:59:45.17 +05:12:36.2: 14.88 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.00 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 03:59:45.17 +05:12:36.2: ref_mag=15.00 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.7991 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:11:30.36 +09:16:47.3: 14.65 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.60 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:11:30.36 +09:16:47.3: ref_mag=14.60 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.8463 delta=-0.24 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:29:07.42 +07:01:15.1: 15.20 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:21:52.79 +06:12:38.8: 15.13 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:04:33.56 +07:21:44.8: 15.20 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:00:31.73 +06:39:14.7: 15.15 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:01:56.03 +03:22:53.2: 15.20 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:09:59.44 +01:50:00.7: 15.04 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:03:57.52 +05:39:00.4: 14.86 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:21:52.79 +06:12:38.8: 14.79 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:29:07.42 +07:01:15.1: 14.95 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:04:33.56 +07:21:44.8: 15.24 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:00:31.73 +06:39:14.7: 15.30 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.94 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.06 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:29:07.42 +07:01:15.1: ref_mag=15.06 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.7470 delta=0.31 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:21:52.79 +06:12:38.8: ref_mag=14.94 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.8749 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.22 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.21 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:00:31.73 +06:39:14.7: ref_mag=15.21 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=15.0075 delta=0.20 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:04:33.56 +07:21:44.8: ref_mag=15.22 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.8700 delta=0.35 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-01-20_22-34-55_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0193.fits at 04:34:24.36 +09:59:30.3: 15.09 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:09:59.44 +01:50:00.7: 15.08 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:01:56.03 +03:22:53.2: 15.06 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.06 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:09:59.44 +01:50:00.7: ref_mag=15.06 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=15.0411 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.13 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:01:56.03 +03:22:53.2: ref_mag=15.13 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.9554 delta=0.18 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:03:57.52 +05:39:00.4: 99.00 +/- 99.00 bad_region
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.86 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:03:57.52 +05:39:00.4: ref_mag=14.86 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7941 delta=0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_21-44-23_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0108.fits at 04:34:24.36 +09:59:30.3: 15.51 +/- 0.30 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.22 +/- 0.16
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:34:24.36 +09:59:30.3: ref_mag=15.22 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.9852 delta=0.23 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out64446.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out68573.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
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Considering the candidate 64443_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64443_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64446_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
Preparing report for the candidate 64446_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
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Considering the candidate 64447_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64447_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64450_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64450_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64453_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64453_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64454_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64454_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 64462_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 64462_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:02:02.26 +03:55:38.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 66164_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 66164_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:26:53.72 +07:07:14.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 67745_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 67745_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:18:21.41 +06:13:43.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 68573_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
Preparing report for the candidate 68573_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
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Considering the candidate 68587_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 68587_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:33:52.97 +05:22:06.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 68741_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 68741_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 69650_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 69650_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 69741_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 69741_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70202_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70202_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:17:00.31 +06:21:34.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 70671_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70671_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70705_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70705_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70773_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70773_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70811_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70811_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70926_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70926_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 70951_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 70951_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71006_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71006_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71290_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71290_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71433_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71433_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71443_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71443_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71446_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71446_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71472_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71472_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71493_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71493_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71527_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71527_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71535_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71535_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 71570_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 71570_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 24664_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 24664_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:23:23.92 +06:34:31.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 04926_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463
The candidate 04926_fd_Tau-08-Q2b1x1_2026-09-19_04-08-59_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0463 did not pass the final checks