This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl
The list of candidates will appear below. Please manually reload the page every few minutes untill the 'Processing complete' message appears.
Mean magnitude and position on the discovery images:
2026 10 10.3001 2461323.8001 12.47 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4
224.05777 -36.36848 galactic Eri Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 7.3 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" ASAS J045116-2407.3
Type: LPV
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.230 V Y 1.540 CV 2452153.30000 144.446049000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4: 13.72 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4: 13.73 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.72 +/- 0.05
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 10.3001* 04 51 16.69 -24 07 17.4 12.5 U Eri 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
ASAS J045116-2407.3,2461323.8001,12.47,0.05,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
ASAS J045116-2407.3 20261010.3001 12.47CV 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 10.3001 2461323.8001 10.80 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6
230.50958 -38.15838 galactic Cae Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 6.7 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" ASAS J044926-2932.6
Type: MISC
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
11.640 V Y 0.680 V 2452146.90000 188.000000000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6: 11.70 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.73 +/- 0.01
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
ASAS J044926-2932.6,2461323.8001,10.80,0.05,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
ASAS J044926-2932.6 20261010.3001 10.80CV 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: 2461058.65012912 18.01.2026 03:36:01.156 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
First image: 2461058.65012912 18.01.2026 03:36:01.156 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Last image: 2461323.80039086 10.10.2026 07:12:23.770 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.85
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 4348
Objects passed selection criteria: 4342
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3461.25
Average stars matched: 3408 (98.4615 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 231600 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Oct 9 16:07:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-234-g1a8c12b2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-09)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Oct 10 03:24:58 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461058.65012912 18.01.2026 03:36:01.156 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
First image: 2461058.65012912 18.01.2026 03:36:01.156 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Last image: 2461323.80039086 10.10.2026 07:12:23.770 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 13
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.51
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: 12 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): 28496
Objects passed selection criteria: 28438
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.2 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 23767
Average stars matched: 23062.5 (97.0358 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 255028 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Fri Oct 9 16:07:04 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-234-g1a8c12b2
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-09)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Sat Oct 10 03:25:57 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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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: 2461323.79983625
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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11
Second-epoch image center 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0357 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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11
Second-epoch image center 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0409 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11
Second-epoch second image center 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01160 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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits &> /tmp/tmp.J6bS8PGl9v
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits &> /tmp/tmp.S2nT2MpTir
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.YMxl5pXLe4
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits &> /tmp/tmp.i4vKWt0pG6
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 6407 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.8438 to 80.9798 deg, Dec -31.2827 to -20.5111 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.8438 to 80.9798 deg, Dec -31.2827 to -20.5111 deg
Loaded 7832 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): 3193 out of 3293 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3293 out of 6407 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.770900
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.770900
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.85
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.92
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 14.92
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 6407 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.8438 to 80.9798 deg, Dec -31.2827 to -20.5111 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.8438 to 80.9798 deg, Dec -31.2827 to -20.5111 deg
Loaded 7832 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): 3193 out of 3293 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3293 out of 6407 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (aperture=6.0)
Read 6302 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.8415 to 80.9830 deg, Dec -31.2993 to -20.5213 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.8415 to 80.9830 deg, Dec -31.2993 to -20.5213 deg
Loaded 7841 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): 5104 out of 5293 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5293 out of 6302 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
2.1 pix Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
2.3 pix fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
2.3 pix fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
14.9 mag. Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
14.9 mag. Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
13.9 mag. fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
14.0 mag. fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 13.9 (SNR ) 10.9 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
cp: cannot create regular file 'local_wcs_cache/': Not a directory
############ /tmp/tmp.J6bS8PGl9v (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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=466, bad_region=1786, passed=6407
Got 6407 stars (including 4289 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6407 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4214 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4211 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4211 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4211 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4212 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4209 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4209 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4974 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 4209 stars left (next iteration limit 4632)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits N_match=4209 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.267 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.231 n_q1=1175 n_q2=847 n_q3=1278 n_q4=909 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.210
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits -region wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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.S2nT2MpTir (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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=492, bad_region=1766, passed=6302
Got 6302 stars (including 4189 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6302 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4112 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4108 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4112 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4108 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 4108 stars left (next iteration limit 4518)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits N_match=4108 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.247 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.261 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.241 n_q1=1126 n_q2=827 n_q3=1262 n_q4=893 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.263
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits -region wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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.YMxl5pXLe4 (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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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=219, bad_region=698, passed=3077
Got 3077 stars (including 2191 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3077 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2155 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2154 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2154 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2154 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2155 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2154 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2154 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2515 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 2154 stars left (next iteration limit 2369)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2154 robust_rms=7.575 arcsec worst_region_rms=13.457 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=13.457 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2154 robust_rms=0.599 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.717 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.717 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2154 robust_rms=0.470 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.589 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.589 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2154 robust_rms_before=1.148 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.440 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.470 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.564 worst_region_rms_after=0.589 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.105 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.589
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.564 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.564 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.440 arcsec matched=2154
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits N_match=2154 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.455 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.466 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.546 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.419 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.447 n_q1=673 n_q2=363 n_q3=687 n_q4=431 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.202
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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.i4vKWt0pG6 (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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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=220, bad_region=699, passed=3078
Got 3078 stars (including 2193 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 3078 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2157 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2156 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2156 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2156 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2506 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.43"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2157 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2156 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2506 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2156 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2506 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Excluding outliers - 2156 stars left (next iteration limit 2371)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=2156 robust_rms=7.651 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.585 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.585 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=2156 robust_rms=0.653 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.740 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.630 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=2156 robust_rms=0.494 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.587 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.587 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=2156 robust_rms_before=1.244 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.441 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.494 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.530 worst_region_rms_after=0.587 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.082 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.587
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.530 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.530 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.441 arcsec matched=2156
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits N_match=2156 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.444 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.516 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.431 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.445 n_q1=681 n_q2=362 n_q3=678 n_q4=435 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.163
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits sigma_overall=0.285 worst_q_ratio=1.210
ref2=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits sigma_overall=0.276 worst_q_ratio=1.263
new1=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits sigma_overall=0.455 worst_q_ratio=1.202
new2=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits sigma_overall=0.444 worst_q_ratio=1.163
reference average sigma_overall=0.2805 worst_q_ratio=1.2365
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104_astrometric_residuals.png (4209 matched stars from wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105_astrometric_residuals.png (4108 matched stars from wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.25 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388_astrometric_residuals.png (2154 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.40 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389_astrometric_residuals.png (2156 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.39 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Eri-09-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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Image size: 941.4'x627.2' 15.7(deg)x10.5(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11
Second-epoch image center 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0357 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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Image size: 939.5'x624.9' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:47:59.009 -25:59:59.11
Second-epoch image center 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0409 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center 04:48:04.181 -26:01:47.11
Second-epoch second image center 04:48:07.181 -26:01:36.69
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01160 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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits &> /tmp/tmp.OkcR6vDiVC
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits &> /tmp/tmp.pjB4qPFj46
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Rtkmu26moX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits &> /tmp/tmp.2V5tPtMgOj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits and wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 39480 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.7832 to 81.0581 deg, Dec -31.3057 to -20.4284 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.7832 to 81.0581 deg, Dec -31.3057 to -20.4284 deg
Loaded 7971 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): 3804 out of 4074 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4074 out of 39480 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.631700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.631700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.51
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.12
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 39480 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.7832 to 81.0581 deg, Dec -31.3057 to -20.4284 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.7832 to 81.0581 deg, Dec -31.3057 to -20.4284 deg
Loaded 7971 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): 3804 out of 4074 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 4074 out of 39480 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (aperture=4.6)
Read 40134 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 62.7801 to 81.0606 deg, Dec -31.3145 to -20.4540 deg
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.00
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.01
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.02
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.03
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.04
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.05
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.06
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.07
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.08
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.09
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.10
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.11
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.12
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.13
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.14
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.15
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.16
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.17
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.18
Reading Tycho2 catalog file lib/catalogs/tycho2/tyc2.dat.19
Tycho-2 catalog search boundaries: RA 62.7801 to 81.0606 deg, Dec -31.3145 to -20.4540 deg
Loaded 7951 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): 5999 out of 6473 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 6473 out of 40134 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 12 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.0 pix Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
2.0 pix Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
2.2 pix fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
2.2 pix fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.1 mag. Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
15.1 mag. Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
14.2 mag. fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
14.2 mag. fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.2 (SNR ) 13.4 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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=4, blended=1524, bad_region=9011, passed=39476
Got 39476 stars (including 29336 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 39476 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013075 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010460 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4907 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4904 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32359 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 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4908 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32359 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4904 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32359 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.26"
Excluding outliers - 4904 stars left (next iteration limit 5394)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits N_match=4904 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.277 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.342 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.230 n_q1=1441 n_q2=970 n_q3=1491 n_q4=1002 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.235
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits -region wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
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Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1583, bad_region=9161, passed=40126
Got 40126 stars (including 29784 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 40126 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4910 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4906 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4910 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.24"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4906 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 32910 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.25"
Excluding outliers - 4906 stars left (next iteration limit 5396)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits N_match=4906 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.276 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.253 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.264 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.240 n_q1=1441 n_q2=966 n_q3=1503 n_q4=996 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.229
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits -region wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.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.Rtkmu26moX (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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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=4, blended=572, bad_region=3378, passed=20412
Got 20412 stars (including 16591 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20412 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17887 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4895 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17887 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17887 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Excluding outliers - 4886 stars left (next iteration limit 5374)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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=4886 robust_rms=7.271 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.494 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.494 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.611 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.736 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.736 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4886 robust_rms=0.490 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.609 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.606 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4886 robust_rms_before=1.152 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.433 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.490 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.587 worst_region_rms_after=0.609 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.138 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.606
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.587 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.587 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.433 arcsec matched=4886
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits N_match=4886 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.443 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.450 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.513 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.435 n_q1=1516 n_q2=762 n_q3=1621 n_q4=987 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.158
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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.2V5tPtMgOj (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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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=4, blended=550, bad_region=3395, passed=20481
Got 20481 stars (including 16643 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 20481 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.5'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.5 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013049 (47.0 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010439 (37.6 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4885 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 293 to 349 (Dec -31.3 to -20.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 17963 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 4885 stars left (next iteration limit 5373)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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=4885 robust_rms=7.286 arcsec worst_region_rms=12.676 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=12.676 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4885 robust_rms=0.674 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.814 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.697 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4885 robust_rms=0.516 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.621 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.621 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4885 robust_rms_before=1.249 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.432 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.516 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.550 worst_region_rms_after=0.621 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.132 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.621
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.550 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.550 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.432 arcsec matched=4885
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits N_match=4885 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.434 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.508 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.440 n_q1=1510 n_q2=782 n_q3=1613 n_q4=980 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.171
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-11-35_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0388.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.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_2026-10-10_CI_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_031951_TTUQ2b1x1_3424265_JzfQMSEl/wcs_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-09-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:41:26.48 -23:36:55.5: 12.09 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:51:45.62 -29:12:36.8: 11.98 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:59:36.56 -25:23:06.3: 13.23 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 05:07:16.05 -24:15:04.3: 13.17 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:40:55.20 -25:36:21.3: 11.52 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:45:33.35 -22:02:05.0: 13.36 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4: 13.72 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-36-01_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0104.fits at 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6: 11.76 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:45:33.35 -22:02:05.0: 13.74 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:51:45.62 -29:12:36.8: 12.06 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:40:55.20 -25:36:21.3: 11.49 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:41:26.48 -23:36:55.5: 12.17 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:59:36.56 -25:23:06.3: 13.19 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.48 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 05:07:16.05 -24:15:04.3: 13.09 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.02 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.51 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:45:33.35 -22:02:05.0: ref_mag=13.48 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7350 delta=-0.25 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.13 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:51:45.62 -29:12:36.8: ref_mag=12.02 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.3576 delta=-0.34 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:40:55.20 -25:36:21.3: ref_mag=11.51 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=11.8030 delta=-0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.21 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:41:26.48 -23:36:55.5: ref_mag=12.13 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2807 delta=-0.15 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.12 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:59:36.56 -25:23:06.3: ref_mag=13.21 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.2391 delta=-0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 05:07:16.05 -24:15:04.3: ref_mag=13.12 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.0233 delta=0.10 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4: 13.73 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.72 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 04:51:16.69 -24:07:17.4: ref_mag=13.72 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=12.4748 delta=1.25 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-37-17_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0105.fits at 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6: 11.70 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 11.73 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 04:49:25.66 -29:32:31.6: ref_mag=11.73 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=10.8005 delta=0.92 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out05444.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out38133.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 6s
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 52500_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52500_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52502_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52502_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52503_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52503_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52504_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52504_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52507_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52507_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52577_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52577_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 04:47:42.94 -30:00:20.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52604_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52604_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:05:19.04 -22:24:14.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52636_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52636_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
**** FOUND 05:05:29.53 -22:19:37.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bbsc.txt ****
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Considering the candidate 52669_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 52669_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 38133_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
Preparing report for the candidate 38133_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
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Considering the candidate 51538_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389
The candidate 51538_fd_Eri-09-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_02-12-23_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0389 did not pass the final checks