This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 08.2607* 00 43 19.67 +01 42 36.8 6.9 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,6.92,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 6.92CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 08.2607* 00 43 19.68 +01 42 36.6 7.5 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,7.45,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 7.45CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 08.2607 2461321.7607 12.65 01:00:56.38 +01:46:55.5
127.83373 -60.99920 galactic Cet Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 6.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.58 Concordia -0 -0 0 12.8 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:00:56.38 +01:46:55.5: 15.68 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:00:56.38 +01:46:55.5: 15.72 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 08.2607* 01 00 56.38 +01 46 55.5 12.7 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,12.65,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 12.65CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 08.2607 2461321.7607 12.72 00:50:31.48 +07:52:39.5
122.53768 -54.99341 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 6.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.510 Mabella -0 -0 0 12.6 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:50:31.48 +07:52:39.5: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:50:31.48 +07:52:39.5: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,12.72,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 12.72CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 08.2607 2461321.7607 13.50 00:57:04.88 +09:20:12.2
125.27331 -53.50937 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.0" and 6.8 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.1235 Schorria -0 -0 0 13.8 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:57:04.88 +09:20:12.2: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:57:04.88 +09:20:12.2: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,13.50,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 13.50CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 08.2607 2461321.7607 14.02 00:59:10.43 +05:43:06.2
126.47631 -57.10011 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.9" and 6.6 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.2251 Tikhov -1 -0 1 14.2 -0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:59:10.43 +05:43:06.2: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:59:10.43 +05:43:06.2: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,14.02,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 14.02CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 08.2607* 00 43 29.21 +01 51 22.2 14.5 U Cet 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461321.7607,14.49,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261008.2607 14.49CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461242.90247090 21.07.2026 09:39:23.486 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
First image: 2461242.90247090 21.07.2026 09:39:23.486 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Last image: 2461321.76101854 08.10.2026 06:15:42.002 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 8
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37
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: 2 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): 4639
Objects passed selection criteria: 4637
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4524.25
Average stars matched: 4403.5 (97.331 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 231868 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 Thu Oct 8 05:43:31 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
############################################################
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461242.90247090 21.07.2026 09:39:23.486 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
First image: 2461242.90247090 21.07.2026 09:39:23.486 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Last image: 2461321.76101854 08.10.2026 06:15:42.002 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 51
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.11
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: 10 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): 25030
Objects passed selection criteria: 24950
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.8 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 24474.5
Average stars matched: 23278.8 (95.1143 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 251384 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 Thu Oct 8 05:44:14 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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: 2461321.76034384
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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 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: 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76 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 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81
Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0050 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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94 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 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81
Second-epoch image center 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0071 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 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01098 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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits &> /tmp/tmp.J9wBMJ3T10
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HdVecyTyKD
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nHbVTb2Xrg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits &> /tmp/tmp.zAUp7ZciM6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5718 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8579 to 20.7702 deg, Dec +0.6752 to +11.2667 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8579 to 20.7702 deg, Dec 0.6752 to 11.2667 deg
Loaded 4455 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): 3613 out of 3699 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3699 out of 5718 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.619000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.619000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.37
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.25
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5718 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8579 to 20.7702 deg, Dec +0.6752 to +11.2667 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8579 to 20.7702 deg, Dec 0.6752 to 11.2667 deg
Loaded 4455 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): 3613 out of 3699 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3699 out of 5718 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 5640 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8902 to 20.7787 deg, Dec +0.7135 to +11.2815 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
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Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8902 to 20.7787 deg, Dec 0.7135 to 11.2815 deg
Loaded 4441 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): 3584 out of 3667 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3667 out of 5640 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 7 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.3 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
2.3 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
2.3 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
2.3 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.2 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
15.3 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
15.3 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
15.3 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 12.0 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
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Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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=319, bad_region=1245, passed=5718
Got 5718 stars (including 4226 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5718 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4154 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4149 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4711 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4154 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4711 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4711 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4149 stars left (next iteration limit 4563)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits N_match=4149 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.308 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.293 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.294 n_q1=1320 n_q2=799 n_q3=1296 n_q4=734 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.111
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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.HdVecyTyKD (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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=319, bad_region=1227, passed=5640
Got 5640 stars (including 4155 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5640 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4089 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4084 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4084 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4084 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4640 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4089 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4083 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4640 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4083 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4640 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4083 stars left (next iteration limit 4492)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits N_match=4083 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.341 n_q1=1322 n_q2=788 n_q3=1271 n_q4=702 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.158
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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.nHbVTb2Xrg (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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=379, bad_region=1284, passed=5925
Got 5925 stars (including 4360 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5925 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4287 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4283 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4283 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4283 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4287 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4282 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4282 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35"
Excluding outliers - 4282 stars left (next iteration limit 4711)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4282 robust_rms=7.474 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.220 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.220 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4282 robust_rms=0.658 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.073 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.073 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4282 robust_rms=0.388 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.435 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.422 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4282 robust_rms_before=0.967 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.368 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.388 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.426 worst_region_rms_after=0.435 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.227 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.422
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.426 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.426 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.368 arcsec matched=4282
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits N_match=4282 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.381 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.412 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.390 n_q1=1383 n_q2=808 n_q3=1345 n_q4=746 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.080
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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.zAUp7ZciM6 (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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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=368, bad_region=1278, passed=5953
Got 5953 stars (including 4405 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5953 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4333 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4329 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4329 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4329 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4334 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4327 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4327 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4921 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4327 stars left (next iteration limit 4761)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4327 robust_rms=7.568 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.232 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.232 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4327 robust_rms=0.659 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.040 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.040 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4327 robust_rms=0.371 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.451 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.451 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4327 robust_rms_before=0.958 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.344 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.371 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.428 worst_region_rms_after=0.451 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.185 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.451
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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.428 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.344 arcsec matched=4327
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits N_match=4327 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.352 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.382 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.356 n_q1=1417 n_q2=813 n_q3=1342 n_q4=755 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.052
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits'
###################################
# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits sigma_overall=0.308 worst_q_ratio=1.111
ref2=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits sigma_overall=0.368 worst_q_ratio=1.158
new1=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits sigma_overall=0.381 worst_q_ratio=1.080
new2=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits sigma_overall=0.363 worst_q_ratio=1.052
reference average sigma_overall=0.338 worst_q_ratio=1.1345
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################
Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967_astrometric_residuals.png (4149 matched stars from wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968_astrometric_residuals.png (4083 matched stars from wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310_astrometric_residuals.png (4282 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311_astrometric_residuals.png (4327 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:48:30.78 +05:48:30.9: 12.07 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:53:38.72 +06:06:31.7: 12.03 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:07:08.33 +05:12:39.9: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:43:41.93 +06:37:16.5: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:49:06.93 +05:59:29.0: 12.10 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:07:35.96 +07:49:00.9: 12.12 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:07:35.96 +07:49:00.9: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:49:06.93 +05:59:29.0: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:07:08.33 +05:12:39.9: 12.09 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:53:38.72 +06:06:31.7: 12.01 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:43:41.93 +06:37:16.5: 12.14 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:48:30.78 +05:48:30.9: 12.04 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.13 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.10 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.13 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:07:35.96 +07:49:00.9: ref_mag=12.13 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0844 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.02 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.11 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:49:06.93 +05:59:29.0: ref_mag=12.10 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.1377 delta=-0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:43:41.93 +06:37:16.5: ref_mag=12.13 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0952 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.05 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:07:08.33 +05:12:39.9: ref_mag=12.11 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0680 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:48:30.78 +05:48:30.9: ref_mag=12.05 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0559 delta=-0.00 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:53:38.72 +06:06:31.7: ref_mag=12.02 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.0236 delta=-0.00 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 2s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20144_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 20144_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 20152_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20152_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20153_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20153_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20154_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20154_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20155_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20155_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20156_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20156_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 20157_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 20157_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 3s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-05-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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.3' 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: 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76 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 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81
Second-epoch image center 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0050 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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94 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 00:51:26.391 +05:59:58.81
Second-epoch image center 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0071 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 00:51:26.222 +06:00:16.76
Second-epoch second image center 00:51:27.882 +05:59:45.94
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01098 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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wyWBFdGAmX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits &> /tmp/tmp.K8yxiQHnqn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hBeoO9Skq5
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits &> /tmp/tmp.9266EJxPKV
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits and wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 29557 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8579 to 20.7730 deg, Dec +0.6731 to +11.2752 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8579 to 20.7730 deg, Dec 0.6731 to 11.2752 deg
Loaded 4462 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): 3659 out of 3874 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3874 out of 29557 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.503000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.503000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.11
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.39
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 29557 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8579 to 20.7730 deg, Dec +0.6731 to +11.2752 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8579 to 20.7730 deg, Dec 0.6731 to 11.2752 deg
Loaded 4462 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): 3659 out of 3874 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3874 out of 29557 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (aperture=5.0)
Read 30001 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 4.8801 to 20.7868 deg, Dec +0.6843 to +11.2881 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
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Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 4.8801 to 20.7868 deg, Dec 0.6843 to 11.2881 deg
Loaded 4460 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): 3639 out of 3862 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3862 out of 30001 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 22 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
2.1 pix Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
2.1 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
2.2 pix fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
15.4 mag. Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
15.4 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
15.4 mag. fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.4 (SNR ) 14.5 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.wyWBFdGAmX (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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=14, blended=1115, bad_region=5420, passed=29543
Got 29543 stars (including 23275 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29543 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4895 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4895 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25486 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 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4898 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25486 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4894 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25486 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4894 stars left (next iteration limit 5384)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits N_match=4894 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.312 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.287 n_q1=1568 n_q2=944 n_q3=1480 n_q4=902 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.096
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.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.K8yxiQHnqn (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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=15, blended=1096, bad_region=5525, passed=29986
Got 29986 stars (including 23612 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29986 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4899 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4899 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4902 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4898 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4898 stars left (next iteration limit 5388)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits N_match=4898 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.363 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.411 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=1576 n_q2=951 n_q3=1476 n_q4=895 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.132
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits -region wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.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.hBeoO9Skq5 (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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=16, blended=1251, bad_region=6734, passed=31705
Got 31705 stars (including 24001 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31705 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4881 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26593 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4884 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26593 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4881 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26593 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4881 stars left (next iteration limit 5369)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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=4881 robust_rms=7.382 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.084 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.084 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4881 robust_rms=0.635 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.135 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.135 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4881 robust_rms=0.387 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.428 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.417 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4881 robust_rms_before=0.941 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.361 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.387 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.415 worst_region_rms_after=0.428 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.218 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.417
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.415 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.415 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.361 arcsec matched=4881
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits N_match=4881 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.333 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.396 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.406 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.375 n_q1=1577 n_q2=996 n_q3=1423 n_q4=885 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.088
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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.9266EJxPKV (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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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=18, blended=1266, bad_region=6755, passed=31740
Got 31740 stars (including 24021 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 31740 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4870 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26621 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4878 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26621 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4870 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 26621 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4870 stars left (next iteration limit 5357)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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=4870 robust_rms=7.450 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.587 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.587 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4870 robust_rms=0.637 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.116 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.116 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4870 robust_rms=0.368 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.440 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.440 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4870 robust_rms_before=0.940 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.344 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.368 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.416 worst_region_rms_after=0.440 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.197 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.440
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.416 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.416 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.344 arcsec matched=4870
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits N_match=4870 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.328 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.340 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=1582 n_q2=995 n_q3=1410 n_q4=883 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.126
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-14-43_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0310.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.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_2026-10-08_CI_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_054104_TTUQ2b1x1_3194147_zcvgbjod/wcs_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:27:31.53 +02:31:50.1: 15.07 +/- 0.23 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:00:56.38 +01:46:55.5: 15.68 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:57:24.58 +06:39:14.3: 14.37 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:57:04.88 +09:20:12.2: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:50:31.48 +07:52:39.5: 15.83 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:42:43.09 +09:52:08.3: 14.55 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:50:44.47 +04:07:05.5: 12.56 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:29:26.83 +09:34:57.5: 14.27 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:08:27.18 +05:10:41.8: 13.91 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:50:31.48 +07:52:39.5: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:57:24.58 +06:39:14.3: 14.44 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:50:44.47 +04:07:05.5: 12.56 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:27:31.53 +02:31:50.1: 14.75 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:29:26.83 +09:34:57.5: 14.39 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:57:04.88 +09:20:12.2: 15.76 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:00:56.38 +01:46:55.5: 15.72 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:08:27.18 +05:10:41.8: 13.91 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:42:43.09 +09:52:08.3: 14.68 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.40 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.32 +/- 0.08
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.86 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.56 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:57:24.58 +06:39:14.3: ref_mag=14.40 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.5027 delta=-0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:27:31.53 +02:31:50.1: ref_mag=14.86 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.5071 delta=0.35 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.61 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:50:44.47 +04:07:05.5: ref_mag=12.56 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.7746 delta=-0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:29:26.83 +09:34:57.5: ref_mag=14.32 +/- 0.08 new_mean_mag=14.5833 delta=-0.26 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:42:43.09 +09:52:08.3: ref_mag=14.61 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.5860 delta=0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.91 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:08:27.18 +05:10:41.8: ref_mag=13.91 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.8427 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:59:10.43 +05:43:06.2: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:38:07.61 +02:33:08.7: 14.77 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:07:55.14 +01:49:37.0: 14.79 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 01:07:34.68 +07:31:17.5: 14.79 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:24:46.03 +09:19:08.5: 14.80 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:38:07.61 +02:33:08.7: 14.59 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.67 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:07:55.14 +01:49:37.0: 14.70 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:59:10.43 +05:43:06.2: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:38:07.61 +02:33:08.7: ref_mag=14.67 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6847 delta=-0.02 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.74 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 01:07:34.68 +07:31:17.5: 14.51 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:07:55.14 +01:49:37.0: ref_mag=14.74 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.6918 delta=0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.61 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 01:07:34.68 +07:31:17.5: ref_mag=14.61 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.4457 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:24:46.03 +09:19:08.5: 15.02 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.89 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:24:46.03 +09:19:08.5: ref_mag=14.89 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.5830 delta=0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:23:53.66 +10:09:07.1: 14.89 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:39:43.23 +09:00:18.5: 14.66 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-39-23_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0967.fits at 00:44:44.41 +04:30:09.4: 15.17 +/- 0.20 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:23:53.66 +10:09:07.1: 14.80 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.84 +/- 0.14
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:39:43.23 +09:00:18.5: 14.71 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:23:53.66 +10:09:07.1: ref_mag=14.84 +/- 0.14 new_mean_mag=14.5121 delta=0.33 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-40-22_20.00sec_5.00C_LIGHT_0968.fits at 00:44:44.41 +04:30:09.4: 14.96 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.68 +/- 0.09
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.05 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:39:43.23 +09:00:18.5: ref_mag=14.68 +/- 0.09 new_mean_mag=14.5528 delta=0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:44:44.41 +04:30:09.4: ref_mag=15.05 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.7601 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
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Considering the candidate 31987_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31987_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 31988_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31988_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 31992_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31992_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 31995_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31995_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32010_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32010_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32012_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32012_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32045_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32045_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32057_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32057_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32144_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32144_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32181_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32181_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32208_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32208_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32283_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
Preparing report for the candidate 32283_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
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Considering the candidate 32290_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32290_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32309_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32309_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32329_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32329_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32331_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32331_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32343_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32343_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32346_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32346_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32349_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32349_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 32373_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 32373_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 31214_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31214_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (39.4") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 31117_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311
The candidate 31117_fd_Psc-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-08_01-15-42_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0311 did not pass the final checks
