FITS images used in this processing run:

Field For-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Field For-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Field For-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Field For-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461242.96007139 21.07.2026 11:02:20.168   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
First image: 2461242.96007139 21.07.2026 11:02:20.168   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Last  image: 2461320.84086926 07.10.2026 08:10:41.104   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -9.11
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 5 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  3301
Objects passed selection criteria:  3284
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.5    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 2112
Average stars matched: 1475.5 (69.8627 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   229640 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Tue Oct  6 12:01:37 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-233-gd5bdb823
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Wed Oct  7 12:58:05 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: 2461242.96007139 21.07.2026 11:02:20.168   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
First image: 2461242.96007139 21.07.2026 11:02:20.168   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Last  image: 2461320.84086926 07.10.2026 08:10:41.104   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 43
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.83
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: 13 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):  15666
Objects passed selection criteria:  15622
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.6    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.6    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 10983
Average stars matched: 8045.75 (73.2564 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   238936 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on  Tue Oct  6 12:01:37 CDT 2026
VaST build number  1.0rc89-233-gd5bdb823
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-06)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on  Wed Oct  7 12:59:01 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
For-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting For-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing For-01-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1142647 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 1142647 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.png' -> 'transient_report/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits_preview.png'

For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits


renamed 'For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.png' -> 'transient_report/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits_preview.png'

For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 13722.4103
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 1225.7104
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1796.7566
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 537.6488
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1777.7830
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 532.5735
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 0.130936
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.010
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     15.3400001525879 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 16.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/d_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits :)

Spent 0.575524 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/d_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     15.3900003433228 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 16.3 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/d_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits :)

Spent 0.575615 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/d_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits



fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits




Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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: 2461320.84008433
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01 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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.4'  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: 01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01
Second-epoch image center 01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0523 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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.4'  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: 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01
Second-epoch image center 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0457 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14
Second-epoch second image center 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01856 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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hna9GoluQ0
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Zbsw0eo9yu
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9VbnwqQxhF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jww7TZfSM8
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits) and catalog (wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 1410 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.5210 to 37.6556 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.2852 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.5210 to 37.6556 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.2852 deg
Loaded 4541 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): 1056 out of 1077 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 1077 out of 1410 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.598350
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.598350
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -9.11
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.49

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.49

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 1410 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.5210 to 37.6556 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.2852 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.5210 to 37.6556 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.2852 deg
Loaded 4541 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): 1056 out of 1077 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 1077 out of 1410 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (aperture=6.5)
Read 1319 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.5208 to 37.6551 deg, Dec -31.4009 to -20.2852 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.5208 to 37.6551 deg, Dec -31.4009 to -20.2852 deg
Loaded 4524 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): 969 out of 996 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 996 out of 1319 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits (aperture=6.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.8 pix  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
 2.7 pix  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 13.5 mag.  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
 13.5 mag.  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
 14.7 mag.  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
 14.8 mag.  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.7 (SNR )  10.4 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.hna9GoluQ0 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits' -> 'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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=215, bad_region=306, passed=1410
Got 1410 stars (including 952 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1410 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 292 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 941 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 933 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 941 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1122 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 

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 292 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 940 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1121 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 940 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1121 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 940 stars left (next iteration limit 1035)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits N_match=940 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.299 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.270 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.297 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.298 n_q1=303 n_q2=192 n_q3=280 n_q4=165 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=0.996
The image catalog is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits -region wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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.Zbsw0eo9yu (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits' -> 'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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=225, bad_region=280, passed=1319
Got 1319 stars (including 881 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1319 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 292 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 861 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1054 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 

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 292 to 350 (Dec -31.4 to -20.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 870 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1053 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1053 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Excluding outliers - 870 stars left (next iteration limit 957)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits N_match=870 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.371 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.312 n_q1=277 n_q2=181 n_q3=262 n_q4=150 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.178
The image catalog is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits -region wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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.9VbnwqQxhF (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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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=208, bad_region=837, passed=4046
Got 4046 stars (including 3048 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4046 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2998 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2998 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2998 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2998 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3388 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2998 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2998 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3388 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2998 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3388 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Excluding outliers - 2998 stars left (next iteration limit 3297)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2998 robust_rms=7.749 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.291 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.291 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2998 robust_rms=0.445 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.722 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.722 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2998 robust_rms=0.365 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.483 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.483 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2998 robust_rms_before=0.930 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.331 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.365 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.486 worst_region_rms_after=0.483 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.132 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.483
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.486 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.486 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.331 arcsec matched=2998
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits N_match=2998 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.359 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.356 n_q1=977 n_q2=525 n_q3=955 n_q4=541 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.071
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits -region wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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.jww7TZfSM8 (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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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=244, bad_region=833, passed=3969
Got 3969 stars (including 2943 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3969 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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2894 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 

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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2894 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3312 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 2894 stars left (next iteration limit 3183)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2894 robust_rms=7.810 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.014 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.014 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2894 robust_rms=0.411 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.721 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.721 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2894 robust_rms=0.342 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.420 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.420 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2894 robust_rms_before=0.907 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.322 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.342 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.428 worst_region_rms_after=0.420 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.247 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.420
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.428 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.428 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.322 arcsec matched=2894
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits N_match=2894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.330 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.335 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.393 n_q1=941 n_q2=513 n_q3=907 n_q4=533 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.190
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits -region wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits sigma_overall=0.300 worst_q_ratio=0.996
ref2=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits sigma_overall=0.315 worst_q_ratio=1.178
new1=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits sigma_overall=0.335 worst_q_ratio=1.071
new2=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits sigma_overall=0.330 worst_q_ratio=1.190
reference average sigma_overall=0.3075 worst_q_ratio=1.087
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897_astrometric_residuals.png (940 matched stars from wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898_astrometric_residuals.png (870 matched stars from wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344_astrometric_residuals.png (2998 matched stars from wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345_astrometric_residuals.png (2894 matched stars from wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field For-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field For-01-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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.0'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.4'  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: 01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01
Second-epoch image center 01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0523 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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.4'  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: 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 01:55:22.664 -26:00:04.01
Second-epoch image center 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0457 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  01:55:10.027 -26:01:24.14
Second-epoch second image center 01:55:14.131 -26:02:01.62
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01856 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits &> /tmp/tmp.97bCLjF3U1
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits &> /tmp/tmp.F7eYX4uU5I
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits &> /tmp/tmp.7ICbCkOScO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hRFN7p6XKq
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits and wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits) and catalog (wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 8445 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.4281 to 37.6591 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.1306 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.4281 to 37.6591 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.1306 deg
Loaded 4632 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): 3537 out of 3586 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3586 out of 8445 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.468500
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.468500
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.83
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.64

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  13.64

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 8445 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.4281 to 37.6591 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.1306 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.4281 to 37.6591 deg, Dec -31.4428 to -20.1306 deg
Loaded 4632 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): 3537 out of 3586 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3586 out of 8445 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (aperture=5.2)
Read 7913 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 19.4274 to 37.6551 deg, Dec -31.4418 to -20.1302 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 19.4274 to 37.6551 deg, Dec -31.4418 to -20.1302 deg
Loaded 4630 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): 3535 out of 3585 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3585 out of 7913 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits (aperture=5.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 17 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.5 pix  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
 2.5 pix  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
 2.5 pix  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 13.6 mag.  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
 13.6 mag.  For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
 14.9 mag.  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
 15.0 mag.  fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.9 (SNR )  12.8 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.97bCLjF3U1 (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits' -> 'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=258, bad_region=1593, passed=8444
Got 8444 stars (including 6669 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 8444 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 292 to 351 (Dec -31.4 to -20.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4818 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4814 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4814 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7196 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.61" 

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 292 to 351 (Dec -31.4 to -20.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4819 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4813 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7196 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4813 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 7196 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64" 
Excluding outliers - 4813 stars left (next iteration limit 5295)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits N_match=4813 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.582 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.715 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.603 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.518 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.525 n_q1=1493 n_q2=882 n_q3=1519 n_q4=919 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.229
The image catalog is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits -region wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.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.F7eYX4uU5I (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits 574.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits' -> 'wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=1, blended=250, bad_region=1511, passed=7912
Got 7912 stars (including 6224 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 7912 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (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 0.010460 (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 292 to 351 (Dec -31.4 to -20.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4876 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.64" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.63" 

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 292 to 351 (Dec -31.4 to -20.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4880 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.66" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4874 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 6722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.67" 
Excluding outliers - 4874 stars left (next iteration limit 5361)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits N_match=4874 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.623 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.777 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.699 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.540 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.512 n_q1=1505 n_q2=891 n_q3=1543 n_q4=935 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.248
The image catalog is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits -region wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.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.7ICbCkOScO (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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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=2, blended=593, bad_region=3264, passed=18401
Got 18401 stars (including 14652 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 18401 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4864 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15976 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4868 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15976 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4863 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 15976 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Excluding outliers - 4863 stars left (next iteration limit 5349)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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=4863 robust_rms=7.446 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.926 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.926 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4863 robust_rms=0.491 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.792 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.792 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4863 robust_rms=0.402 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.515 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.515 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4863 robust_rms_before=0.944 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.364 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.402 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.510 worst_region_rms_after=0.515 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.156 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.515
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.510 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.510 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.364 arcsec matched=4863
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits N_match=4863 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.388 n_q1=1587 n_q2=820 n_q3=1610 n_q4=846 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.062
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits -region wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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.hRFN7p6XKq (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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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=7, blended=641, bad_region=3363, passed=19211
Got 19211 stars (including 15368 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 19211 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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4855 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4855 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4855 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16713 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 293 to 348 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4858 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4855 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16713 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4855 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 16713 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4855 stars left (next iteration limit 5340)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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=4855 robust_rms=7.342 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.285 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.285 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4855 robust_rms=0.451 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.713 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.713 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4855 robust_rms=0.374 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.460 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.460 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4855 robust_rms_before=0.914 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.340 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.374 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.459 worst_region_rms_after=0.460 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.276 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.460
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.459 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.459 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.340 arcsec matched=4855
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits N_match=4855 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.318 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.379 n_q1=1579 n_q2=835 n_q3=1598 n_q4=843 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.115
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits -region wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.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_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/wcs_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field For-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:13:33.00 -29:42:51.2:  12.93 +/- 0.16  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:06:13.36 -30:15:40.4:  12.70 +/- 0.12  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:13:32.79 -30:12:26.9:  13.16 +/- 0.20  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:39:49.84 -22:20:00.6:  12.86 +/- 0.13  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:59:15.37 -23:31:58.9:  12.36 +/- 0.08  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:51:23.15 -26:21:56.3:  12.20 +/- 0.06  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:46:46.20 -30:10:57.7:  12.66 +/- 0.11  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:13:43.38 -29:52:19.4:  12.86 +/- 0.15  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:07:38.95 -28:46:30.1:  13.16 +/- 0.18  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:06:13.36 -30:15:40.4:  12.58 +/- 0.12  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:13:32.79 -30:12:26.9:  12.94 +/- 0.17  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.64 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.03 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:06:13.36 -30:15:40.4: ref_mag=12.64 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=12.5025 delta=0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:13:32.79 -30:12:26.9: ref_mag=13.03 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=12.6869 delta=0.34 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:51:23.15 -26:21:56.3:  12.13 +/- 0.06  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:13:43.38 -29:52:19.4:  12.72 +/- 0.14  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:39:49.84 -22:20:00.6:  12.68 +/- 0.12  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.16 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:51:23.15 -26:21:56.3: ref_mag=12.16 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=12.3269 delta=-0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:13:33.00 -29:42:51.2:  12.92 +/- 0.16  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:46:46.20 -30:10:57.7:  12.65 +/- 0.12  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.78 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.76 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:39:49.84 -22:20:00.6: ref_mag=12.76 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=12.8789 delta=-0.12 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:13:43.38 -29:52:19.4: ref_mag=12.78 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=12.5214 delta=0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:59:15.37 -23:31:58.9:  12.53 +/- 0.09  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.93 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.65 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:13:33.00 -29:42:51.2: ref_mag=12.93 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=12.8801 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:46:46.20 -30:10:57.7: ref_mag=12.65 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=12.6477 delta=0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.43 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:59:15.37 -23:31:58.9: ref_mag=12.43 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=12.7951 delta=-0.37 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:13:34.12 -29:47:38.9:  13.18 +/- 0.20  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:07:38.95 -28:46:30.1:  13.14 +/- 0.18  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.15 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:07:38.95 -28:46:30.1: ref_mag=13.15 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=12.8611 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:13:34.12 -29:47:38.9:  13.18 +/- 0.21  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.18 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:13:34.12 -29:47:38.9: ref_mag=13.18 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=12.8106 delta=0.37 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 02:12:15.73 -29:09:03.1:  13.12 +/- 0.18  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:35:39.55 -29:46:42.3:  12.87 +/- 0.14  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:35:13.98 -29:36:41.5:  12.96 +/- 0.16  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-02-20_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0897.fits at 01:43:21.20 -29:10:26.5:  12.97 +/- 0.15  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:35:39.55 -29:46:42.3:  12.70 +/- 0.13  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 02:12:15.73 -29:09:03.1:  13.30 +/- 0.23  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.78 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:35:39.55 -29:46:42.3: ref_mag=12.78 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=12.7719 delta=0.01 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.19 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:35:13.98 -29:36:41.5:  12.66 +/- 0.13  detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 02:12:15.73 -29:09:03.1: ref_mag=13.19 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=12.8596 delta=0.33 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.78 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:35:13.98 -29:36:41.5: ref_mag=12.78 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=12.8432 delta=-0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_06-03-20_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHTs_0898.fits at 01:43:21.20 -29:10:26.5:  13.09 +/- 0.17  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.02 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:43:21.20 -29:10:26.5: ref_mag=13.02 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=12.8861 delta=0.14 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 20342_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 20342_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.84    01:39:49.84 -22:20:00.9   6936 0983   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.91    01:39:49.84 -22:20:00.3   6946 0977   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 20343_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 20343_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.79    01:59:15.37 -23:31:58.1   4219 1693   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.80    01:59:15.37 -23:31:59.6   4228 1687   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 20344_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 20344_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.43    01:51:23.16 -26:21:56.1   5301 3402   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.26    01:51:23.15 -26:21:56.6   5311 3396   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21554_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21554_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.50    02:06:13.37 -30:15:40.6   3347 5782   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.50    02:06:13.35 -30:15:40.1   3356 5776   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21630_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21630_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.57    02:13:43.39 -29:52:19.8   2352 5581   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.49    02:13:43.38 -29:52:19.1   2361 5575   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21725_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21725_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.89    01:56:03.39 -30:03:16.1   4688 5628   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

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Considering the candidate 21731_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21731_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.66    01:46:46.18 -30:10:58.8   5896 5720   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.64    01:46:46.23 -30:10:56.6   5905 5713   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21745_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21745_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.69    02:13:32.83 -30:12:26.7   2383 5785   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.69    02:13:32.76 -30:12:27.1   2392 5778   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21813_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21813_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.85    01:50:14.18 -29:49:04.5   5452 5486   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

**** FOUND  01:50:14.19 -29:49:05.1 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 21834_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21834_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.77    02:13:32.90 -29:42:50.1   2372 5484   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    13.05    02:13:33.10 -29:42:52.3   2380 5478   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21846_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21846_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.91    02:01:52.76 -30:01:21.2   3923 5618   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

**** FOUND  02:01:52.74 -30:01:21.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 21851_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21851_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.79    02:07:38.94 -28:46:30.1   3137 4885   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.95    02:07:38.96 -28:46:30.1   3146 4878   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21875_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21875_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.80    02:13:34.09 -29:47:38.9   2371 5533   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.82    02:13:34.16 -29:47:38.9   2380 5526   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21890_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21890_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.82    02:12:15.72 -29:09:03.1   2530 5134   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.90    02:12:15.74 -29:09:03.1   2539 5128   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21893_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21893_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.82    01:35:39.54 -29:46:42.5   7365 5516   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.74    01:35:39.56 -29:46:42.1   7375 5510   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21931_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21931_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.84    01:35:13.98 -29:36:41.4   7425 5417   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.84    01:35:13.98 -29:36:41.6   7435 5411   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 21935_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345
The candidate 21935_fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 07.34008    2461320.84008    12.85    01:43:21.20 -29:10:26.8   6356 5116   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-09-33_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0344.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 07.34087    2461320.84087    12.92    01:43:21.19 -29:10:26.2   6365 5110   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-07_CI_For-01-Q2b1x1_111610_TTUQ2b1x1_3395459_9a5lUxFv/fd_For-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-07_03-10-41_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0345.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field For-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed For-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461320.84008433 -observatory V36
14:20:09.66 -16:34:12.1 Mercury (-0.0mag)
14:11:21.23 -21:10:34.2 Venus (-4.7mag)
08:30:25.29 +20:06:49.8 Mars (1.1mag)
09:31:42.04 +15:17:35.3 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:43:36.69 +01:44:17.9 Saturn (0.3mag)
04:12:28.45 +20:58:57.6 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:10:44.69 -00:23:02.5 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:14.34 -23:43:28.3 Pluto (14.5mag)
10:20:43.19 +09:37:25.5 Moon (-9.1mag)
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461320.84008433:
09:31:46.41 +15:17:12.1 Io (6.1mag)
09:31:44.81 +15:17:19.8 Europa (6.2mag)
09:31:33.48 +15:18:22.3 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:31:27.13 +15:18:56.5 Callisto (6.9mag)
09:31:08.77 +15:38:57.6 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:31:39.40 +15:17:49.4 Thebe (16.5mag)
09:30:06.03 +15:38:14.8 Elara (17.5mag)
09:34:22.83 +14:40:18.5 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:30:35.71 +15:43:37.5 Carme (18.8mag)
00:43:41.19 +01:44:29.9 Titan (8.2mag)
00:43:36.90 +01:44:19.2 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:42:59.79 +01:41:41.6 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:43:28.28 +01:44:37.7 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:41:58.36 +01:32:05.3 Phoebe (16.4mag)
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461320.84008433:
02:21:15.47 +21:11:40.0 JWST
20:09:55.89 -31:02:16.1 Chandra
12:19:36.48 -61:46:07.8 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461320.84008433 -observatory V36
03:47:04.68 +20:10:28.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
18:21:13.02 -33:35:30.1 14.7mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:38:04.23 -72:08:12.3 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:16:15.48 +34:31:58.8 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
05:01:59.88 +48:20:18.2 17.0mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
07:28:30.11 +25:30:08.0 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
08:59:54.19 +35:15:15.8 16.2mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:26:05.95 +41:42:44.6 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:45:50.05 -13:32:03.9 16.6mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
12:09:36.53 +16:19:42.7 16.3mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:46:56.49 -02:22:52.4 16.6mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
18:26:03.09 +66:44:34.7 16.0mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:40:37.77 +43:50:18.7 17.8mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:41:45.95 +13:51:49.4 17.7mag A/2026 E1
00:36:43.29 +19:31:11.8 17.7mag 2P/Encke
22:53:53.39 -32:32:41.6 14.3mag 10P/Tempel
02:05:05.93 +39:16:47.4 16.8mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:08:30.74 -07:49:59.6 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:25:04.02 -08:44:04.1 15.6mag 65P/Gunn
07:30:13.27 +16:26:29.6 13.8mag 78P/Gehrels
03:03:54.83 +14:31:27.3 17.6mag 88P/Howell
07:24:09.33 +39:03:40.7 17.1mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
08:53:01.10 +15:34:40.7 17.8mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
11:32:39.35 +14:11:14.7 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
13:56:37.07 -31:02:44.4 17.8mag 124P/Mrkos
06:47:49.74 +19:29:03.8 15.7mag 128P/Shoemaker-Holt
23:35:23.16 +00:24:13.7 17.2mag 139P/Vaisala-Oterma
22:17:20.82 -00:11:15.5 9.5mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
10:10:18.30 +35:38:51.1 16.9mag 162P/Siding Spring
10:08:28.38 +02:38:14.9 13.9mag 169P/NEAT
03:31:12.62 +05:06:52.4 14.7mag 220P/McNaught
05:56:53.76 +44:18:54.2 15.3mag 260P/McNaught
07:20:56.51 +25:44:35.1 18.0mag 266P/Christensen
09:52:05.23 +31:52:53.7 18.0mag 493P/LONEOS
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
08:07:27.96 -65:51:03.90  ASASSN-26fi  2026-10-1.36 15.82
21:02:34.66 +23:57:26.20  ASASSN-26fh  2026-10-1.27 15.94
20:00:16.62 +03:26:29.90  AT2026adfv  2026-10-1.3 16.42
00:08:42.74 -32:33:16.50  SN2026abhc  2026-09-29.15 15.57
21:02:30.26 -19:27:41.80  SN2026acxa  2026-09-29.13 14.65
04:39:17.45 -28:06:12.40  ASASSN-26fg  2026-09-23.25 15.73
05:25:07.80 +04:38:32.40  SN2026aajs  2026-09-21.32 17.04
19:56:12.67 +08:25:27.70  AT2026acgs  2026-09-18.14 15.84
00:02:34.07 +52:55:19.10  ASASSN-26ff  2026-09-16.43 15.37
23:44:33.18 +17:46:12.20  SN2026yjv  2026-09-15.38 18.32
16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30  SN 2026aafh  2026-09-14.11 15.02
23:36:00.27 -19:28:18.00  SN 2026aaks  2026-09-14.44 16.89
16:35:24.86 -05:32:38.20  SN2026aasi  2026-09-12.99 16.58
16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80  SN2026aafk  2026-09-13.25 17.4
23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60  SN2026aafs  2026-09-13.47 17
21:20:27.02 +02:10:42.50  SN2026aagh   -------
08:02:26.85 -24:37:44.10  ASASSN-26fe  2026-09-13.34 13.67
02:29:34.91 +23:06:56.30  SN2026aars  2026-09-12.27 16.93
02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50  SN 2026znh  2026-09-9.92 16.26
04:59:14.53 -83:27:58.80  ASASSN-26fd  2026-09-9.11 17.27
17:52:06.79 -23:43:20.70  ASASSN-26fc  2026-09-8.79 12.14
03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70  SN 2026zfw  2026-09-8 17.78
01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10  SN2026aacj  2026-09-7.17 16.27
20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10  SN2026zji  2026-09-7.14 15.87
22:37:05.64 +34:24:35.00  SN2026aaiv  2026-09-7.25 13.48
22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60  ASASSN-26fb  2026-09-5.3 13.93
00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50  AT2026aabo  2026-09-3.29 15.02
00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60  SN 2026zhl  2026-08-31.92 16.51
19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70  ASASSN-26fa  2026-08-31.18 14.63
00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30  AT2026zwp  2026-08-31.41 15.59
19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80  V488  2026-08-30.13 9.37
18:25:12.79 -22:25:29.10  V8055  2026-08-30 10.76
17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10  ASASSN-26ez  2026-08-25.13 10.87
19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00  AT2026zwo  2026-08-24.16 15.78
04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90  AT2026zjy  2026-08-23.03 15.91
03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50  SN2026ymb  2026-08-23.4 16.44
20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30  SN2026yid  2026-08-22.82 15.13
04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60  ASASSN-26ey  2026-08-20.02 15.55
16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80  ASASSN-26ex  2026-08-18.78 3.63
21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60  SN 2026sfn  2026-08-16.3 17.09
23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00  SN 2026yib  2026-08-14.85 17.36
00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70  SN 2026whu  2026-08-14.96 16.5
19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90  ASASSN-26ew  2026-08-13.82 14.73
13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00  SN 2026wkv  2026-08-10.12 15.83
05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-10.59 9.34
01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10  SN2026wpd  2026-08-9.34 16.37
23:47:50.89 +49:28:51.30  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.24 17.09
16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70  AT2026xau  2026-08-9.3 17.71
01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50  SN2026weo  2026-08-7.46 15.76
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
16:41:15.63 +39:17:14.70  SN 2026pel  2026-06-26.38 16.07
10:14:40.19 -35:38:21.30  ASASSN-26dy  2026-06-25.99 15.63
14:47:21.56 -40:15:51.30  ASASSN-26dv  2026-06-23.03 14.62
13:38:49.79 -77:21:06.70  ASASSN-26dw  2026-06-23.04 16.09
00:59:27.90 +33:08:13.20  SN 2026mke  2026-06-22.39 17.13
11:10:44.73 -30:20:45.50  SN 2026nmv  2026-06-22.06 16.56
21:36:15.68 -21:19:12.50  AT2026oxh  2026-06-22.15 17.14
17:31:38.38 -56:05:51.90  ASASSN-26dx  2026-06-22.02 14.72
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
05:21:07.63 +23:38:19.4  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-06.4109  11.2mag
22:57:17.96 +47:07:41.8  TCP J22571796+4707418  2026-08-09.3289  14.3mag
09:13:38.17 +76:28:18.1  PSN J09133817+7628181  2026-08-09.8037  15.4mag
00:43:17.29 +41:26:48.6  PNV J00431729+4126486  2026-08-14.0920  16.8mag
00:42:52.82 +41:10:58.6  PNV J00425282+4110586  2026-08-17.7723  19.9mag
00:42:52.83 +41:10:59.6  PNV J00425283+4110596  2026-08-18.6119  19.3mag
18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3  TCP J18251276-2225293  2026-08-19.1062  9.4mag
18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0  TCP J18030904+1218140  2026-08-19.5199  14.9mag
19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2  PNV J19450648+1822422  2026-08-25.1278  9.0mag
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76  PNV J00425038+4118587  2026-09-04.1512  18.2mag
00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4  PNV J00421276+4116284  2026-09-10.9176  18.67Cmag
17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7  TCP J17520680-2343207  2026-09-08.7896  12.6mag
00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1  PNV J00424094+4115371  2026-09-17.8925  18.3mag
08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8  TCP J08492013-0919158  2026-09-18.4698  13.3mag
00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6  PNV J00421393+4116356  2026-09-22.6597  19.66Cmag
18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5  TCP J18140158+1513555  2026-09-24.4645  14.1mag
00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5  TCP J00423661+4113505  2026-09-29.7462  17.4mag
22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8  TCP J22034629-1107578  2026-09-29.7438  14.51Cmag
22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2  TCP J22050206+2049012  2026-10-03.5715  17.13Cmag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
23:02:16.840 +06:12:59.13  AT 2026acnk  2026-09-12.73 22.43
01:55:45.130 +03:07:40.80  AT 2026acnj  2026-09-19.85 21.33
01:24:27.320 +04:25:44.21  AT 2026acni  2026-08-01.82 21.33
01:52:18.810 +04:49:47.93  AT 2026acnh  2026-01-20.57 21.92
04:02:38.704 +13:01:20.61  AT 2026acng  2026-09-20.16 19.03
02:55:54.441 +46:13:54.63  SN 2026acnf  2026-09-20.08 20.03
07:34:07.033 +56:03:35.45  AT 2026acne  2026-09-16.46 19.8857
01:04:22.936 -10:28:36.24  AT 2026acnd  2026-09-18.83 19.71
08:22:10.304 -19:58:35.79  AT 2026acnc  2026-09-19.78 18.97
20:20:44.204 -62:20:19.54  AT 2026acnb  2026-09-19.43 19.2
01:48:51.954 +10:35:11.40  SN 2026acna  2026-09-20.40 20.473
04:20:45.854 +20:05:30.09  AT 2026acmz  2026-09-19.53 20.93
00:20:09.662 -17:43:21.42  AT 2026acmy  2026-09-20.36 18.7768
01:08:30.307 -10:37:33.12  AT 2026acmx  2026-09-13.51 20.95
22:05:05.148 +21:30:32.50  AT 2026acmw  2026-09-13.46 20.91
20:39:43.235 +01:26:17.57  AT 2026acmv  2026-09-16.30 21.94
20:27:32.344 +04:00:23.15  AT 2026acmu  2026-09-16.30 21.47
02:25:15.327 -05:29:45.03  AT 2026acmt  2026-09-19.55 21.16
01:43:56.117 -03:30:20.86  SN 2026acms  2026-09-16.41 20.1889
05:02:52.706 -06:20:44.84  AT 2026acmr  2026-09-17.47 20.0414
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Wed Oct  7 12:57:41 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 3 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 5s (0.08 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 28s (0.47 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 10s (0.17 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 47s (0.78 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 11 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 14s (0.23 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 0s (0.00 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 11s (0.18 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 29s (0.48 min)
FIELD_For-01-Q2b1x1: 90s (1.50 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 95s (1.58 min)
Finished: Wed Oct  7 12:59:16 CDT 2026