This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J
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 10.4500 2461323.9500 13.43 10:30:51.52 +13:59:01.1
227.65158 54.72229 galactic Leo Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.1" and 6.5 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.94 Aurora 0 -0 0 13.7 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:30:51.52 +13:59:01.1: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:30:51.52 +13:59:01.1: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 10.4500* 10 30 51.52 +13 59 01.1 13.4 U Leo 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461323.9500,13.43,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261010.4500 13.43CV 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 10.4500 2461323.9500 13.14 10:47:07.51 +14:14:57.5
230.60916 58.32363 galactic Leo Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 6.7 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.42 Isis -1 -1 1 13.6 0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:47:07.51 +14:14:57.5: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:47:07.51 +14:14:57.5: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
TCP 2026 10 10.4500* 10 47 07.51 +14 14 57.5 13.1 U Leo 9 0
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461323.9500,13.14,0.05,CV,NO,STD,ENSEMBLE,na,na,na,na,1,na,NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
**** VSNET file format ****
# Here are some valid formatiing examples:
#CETFZ 20230815.9829 <13.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230818.9746 12.5CV NMW
#CETFZ 20230819.9732 12.6CV NMW
#TCPJ17453768-1756253 20230831.7290 12.7CV NMW
VARIABLE_NAME 20261010.4500 13.14CV 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 10.4500 2461323.9500 13.27 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6
227.18742 52.76166 galactic Leo Second-epoch detections are separated by 1.3" and 6.5 pix
The object was found in VSX 1" Loneos-RR 786
Type: RRAB
# Max. Min./Amp. JD0 Period
13.760 V Y 0.671 V 2453728.90960 0.543561000000
The object was not found in astcheck.
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6: 14.24 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6: 14.13 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.18 +/- 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 10.4500* 10 23 10.79 +13 19 14.6 13.3 U Leo 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
Loneos-RR 786,2461323.9500,13.27,0.05,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
Loneos-RR 786 20261010.4500 13.27CV 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: 2461171.68283635 11.05.2026 04:23:07.061 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
First image: 2461171.68283635 11.05.2026 04:23:07.061 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Last image: 2461323.95025140 10.10.2026 10:48:11.721 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.31
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: 4 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): 4792
Objects passed selection criteria: 4766
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.6 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.7 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 3314.5
Average stars matched: 3045.75 (91.8917 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 231204 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 07:51:57 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: 2461171.68283635 11.05.2026 04:23:07.061 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
First image: 2461171.68283635 11.05.2026 04:23:07.061 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Last image: 2461323.95025140 10.10.2026 10:48:11.721 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 5
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.03
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: 11 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): 25712
Objects passed selection criteria: 25623
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.7 2.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 2.7 2.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 18669.5
Average stars matched: 17049.5 (91.3227 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 248564 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 07:54:53 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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: 2461323.94974513
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
'asassn_transients_list.txt' -> '../asassn_transients_list.txt'
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Image size: 941.3'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66 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 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76
Second-epoch image center 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0712 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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20 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 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76
Second-epoch image center 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0610 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 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66
Second-epoch second image center 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01106 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits &> /tmp/tmp.macZ1FonZN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Hv6XOnxwLg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits &> /tmp/tmp.8mRoE54xVN
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits &> /tmp/tmp.SWjLmtt0ch
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
'tns_transients_list.txt' -> '../tns_transients_list.txt'
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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 5744 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7220 to 168.1826 deg, Dec +8.6400 to +19.2604 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 151.7220 to 168.1826 deg, Dec 8.6400 to 19.2604 deg
Loaded 4240 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): 3428 out of 3506 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3506 out of 5744 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.709950
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.709950
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.31
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.40
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 5744 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7220 to 168.1826 deg, Dec +8.6400 to +19.2604 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 151.7220 to 168.1826 deg, Dec 8.6400 to 19.2604 deg
Loaded 4240 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): 3428 out of 3506 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3506 out of 5744 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 5709 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7036 to 168.1827 deg, Dec +8.6403 to +19.2435 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 151.7036 to 168.1827 deg, Dec 8.6403 to 19.2435 deg
Loaded 4243 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): 3432 out of 3504 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3504 out of 5709 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits (aperture=6.4)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.4 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
2.4 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
2.4 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
2.4 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
15.4 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
14.2 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
14.1 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.1 (SNR ) 11.3 (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.macZ1FonZN (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=319, bad_region=1440, passed=5744
Got 5744 stars (including 4050 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5744 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3634 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3630 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3630 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3630 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4590 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3633 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4590 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4590 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 3629 stars left (next iteration limit 3993)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits N_match=3629 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.365 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.368 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.373 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.393 n_q1=1157 n_q2=636 n_q3=1245 n_q4=591 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.077
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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.Hv6XOnxwLg (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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=309, bad_region=1424, passed=5709
Got 5709 stars (including 4039 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5709 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3628 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3625 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3625 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3625 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4562 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.2)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 3628 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3622 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4562 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 3622 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4562 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 3622 stars left (next iteration limit 3987)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits N_match=3622 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.354 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.364 n_q1=1144 n_q2=651 n_q3=1241 n_q4=586 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.032
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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.8mRoE54xVN (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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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=10, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=242, bad_region=482, passed=2888
Got 2888 stars (including 2185 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2888 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1838 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1838 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1838 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2493 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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.7 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2493 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2493 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Excluding outliers - 1840 stars left (next iteration limit 2021)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1840 robust_rms=6.966 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.921 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.921 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1840 robust_rms=0.549 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.678 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.609 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1840 robust_rms=0.410 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.501 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.501 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1840 robust_rms_before=1.870 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.394 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.410 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.533 worst_region_rms_after=0.501 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.817 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.501
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.533 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.533 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.394 arcsec matched=1840
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits N_match=1840 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.401 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.452 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.384 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.376 n_q1=597 n_q2=301 n_q3=607 n_q4=335 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.127
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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.SWjLmtt0ch (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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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=2, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=207, bad_region=470, passed=2865
Got 2865 stars (including 2196 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2865 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1864 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1858 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1862 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1856 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1856 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2484 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38"
Excluding outliers - 1856 stars left (next iteration limit 2043)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1856 robust_rms=6.959 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.528 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.528 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1856 robust_rms=0.542 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.596 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.596 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1856 robust_rms=0.416 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.490 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.490 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1856 robust_rms_before=1.763 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.391 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.416 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.541 worst_region_rms_after=0.490 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.805 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.490
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.541 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.541 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.391 arcsec matched=1856
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits N_match=1856 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.420 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.407 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.370 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.392 n_q1=601 n_q2=308 n_q3=607 n_q4=340 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits sigma_overall=0.365 worst_q_ratio=1.077
ref2=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits sigma_overall=0.354 worst_q_ratio=1.032
new1=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits sigma_overall=0.401 worst_q_ratio=1.127
new2=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits sigma_overall=0.387 worst_q_ratio=1.086
reference average sigma_overall=0.3595 worst_q_ratio=1.0545
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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141_astrometric_residuals.png (3629 matched stars from wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142_astrometric_residuals.png (3622 matched stars from wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.32 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614_astrometric_residuals.png (1840 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615_astrometric_residuals.png (1856 matched stars from wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.35 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Leo-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Image size: 937.4'x624.2' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Image size: 941.3'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66 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 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76
Second-epoch image center 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0712 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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Image size: 941.2'x624.5' 15.7(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20 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 10:40:00.118 +14:00:12.76
Second-epoch image center 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0610 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 10:40:11.401 +14:03:29.66
Second-epoch second image center 10:40:09.015 +14:03:10.20
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01106 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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits &> /tmp/tmp.bXnNbIE17c
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ytuKm8xuJA
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UNal1VzIgE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits &> /tmp/tmp.UWmqxM19yP
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits and wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits) and catalog (wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 29548 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7119 to 168.2363 deg, Dec +8.6400 to +19.2694 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 151.7119 to 168.2363 deg, Dec 8.6400 to 19.2694 deg
Loaded 4250 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): 3390 out of 3597 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3597 out of 29548 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.581200
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.581200
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.03
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.55
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 29548 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7119 to 168.2363 deg, Dec +8.6400 to +19.2694 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 151.7119 to 168.2363 deg, Dec 8.6400 to 19.2694 deg
Loaded 4250 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): 3390 out of 3597 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3597 out of 29548 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 29453 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 151.7036 to 168.1940 deg, Dec +8.6403 to +19.2611 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 151.7036 to 168.1940 deg, Dec 8.6403 to 19.2611 deg
Loaded 4245 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): 3386 out of 3596 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3596 out of 29453 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits (aperture=4.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 4 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.2 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
2.2 pix Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
2.3 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
2.3 pix fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.6 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
15.5 mag. Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
14.4 mag. fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 14.4 (SNR ) 13.7 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.bXnNbIE17c (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=15, blended=1176, bad_region=5538, passed=29533
Got 29533 stars (including 23167 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29533 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4505 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4499 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4499 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4499 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25250 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4506 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25250 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4496 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25241 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34"
Excluding outliers - 4496 stars left (next iteration limit 4948)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits N_match=4496 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.336 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.374 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.380 n_q1=1458 n_q2=789 n_q3=1504 n_q4=745 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.053
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.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.ytuKm8xuJA (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits 571.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits' -> 'wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1170, bad_region=5455, passed=29442
Got 29442 stars (including 23120 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 29442 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4505 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4495 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4495 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 493 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4505 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4493 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4493 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 25215 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4493 stars left (next iteration limit 4944)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits N_match=4493 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.356 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.360 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.367 n_q1=1453 n_q2=776 n_q3=1521 n_q4=743 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.030
The image catalog is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits -region wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.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.UNal1VzIgE (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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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=4, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=3, blended=523, bad_region=1992, passed=15591
Got 15591 stars (including 13126 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15591 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013074 (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 0.010459 (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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4233 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4220 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4220 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4220 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4234 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4222 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4222 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14088 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 4222 stars left (next iteration limit 4642)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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=4222 robust_rms=6.755 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.645 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.645 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4222 robust_rms=0.594 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.727 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.666 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4222 robust_rms=0.471 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.565 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.565 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4222 robust_rms_before=1.892 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.435 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.471 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.558 worst_region_rms_after=0.565 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.783 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.565
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.558 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.558 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.435 arcsec matched=4222
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits N_match=4222 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.441 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.457 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.403 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.406 n_q1=1402 n_q2=660 n_q3=1393 n_q4=767 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.070
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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.UWmqxM19yP (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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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=3, blended=455, bad_region=1989, passed=15651
Got 15651 stars (including 13264 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15651 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.2'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.2 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013072 (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 0.010458 (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 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4231 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4220 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4221 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4220 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14144 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 492 to 548 (Dec 8.6 to 19.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4231 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4221 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14144 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.42"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4221 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 14144 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41"
Excluding outliers - 4221 stars left (next iteration limit 4642)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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=4221 robust_rms=6.659 arcsec worst_region_rms=11.125 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=11.125 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4221 robust_rms=0.593 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.666 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.666 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4221 robust_rms=0.482 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.559 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.559 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4221 robust_rms_before=1.803 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.428 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.482 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.564 worst_region_rms_after=0.559 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.869 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.559
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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.564 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.428 arcsec matched=4221
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits N_match=4221 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.417 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.440 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.453 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.393 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.410 n_q1=1399 n_q2=663 n_q3=1404 n_q4=755 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-10_CI_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits -region wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-47-27_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0614.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.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_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_074742_TTUQ2b1x1_1984250_tTgMeB8J/wcs_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Leo-05-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:30:51.52 +13:59:01.1: 15.92 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:47:07.51 +14:14:57.5: 15.84 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-23-07_20.00sec_-5.00C_LIGHT_0141.fits at 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6: 14.24 +/- 0.08 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:47:07.51 +14:14:57.5: 15.85 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:30:51.52 +13:59:01.1: 15.93 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-05-10_23-24-02_20.00sec_-4.90C_LIGHT_0142.fits at 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6: 14.13 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.18 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 10:23:10.79 +13:19:14.6: ref_mag=14.18 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=13.2482 delta=0.93 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out16533.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34633.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out34648.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 7s
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: 2s
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Considering the candidate 34633_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615
Preparing report for the candidate 34633_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615
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Considering the candidate 34648_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615
Preparing report for the candidate 34648_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615
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Considering the candidate 35516_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615
The candidate 35516_fd_Leo-05-Q2b1x1_2026-10-10_05-48-11_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0615 did not pass the final checks