This analysis is done by the script util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT
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 19.2309 2461332.7309 8.98 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9
102.72138 -52.19830 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.6" and 6.9 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.192 Nausikaa -0 0 0 8.9 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9: 15.43 +/- 0.27 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.43 +/- 0.27
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461332.7309,8.98,0.05,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 20261019.2309 8.98CV 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 19.2309 2461332.7309 13.61 00:04:16.29 +06:14:40.1
102.33444 -54.73001 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.4" and 7.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.577 Rhea -1 -0 1 13.8 -0 -0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:04:16.29 +06:14:40.1: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:04:16.29 +06:14:40.1: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461332.7309,13.61,0.05,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 20261019.2309 13.61CV 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 19.2309 2461332.7309 14.05 23:48:20.11 +07:50:45.7
97.09418 -51.83184 galactic Psc Second-epoch detections are separated by 0.7" and 7.0 pix
The object was not found in VSX
The object was not found in ASASSN-V
The object was found in astcheck.701 Oriola -0 0 0 14.0 0 0
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:48:20.11 +07:50:45.7: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:48:20.11 +07:50:45.7: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Check this position in TNS.Manually check the ASAS-SN list of transients!Search this object in SIMBAD.Search this object in VizieR catalogs.WISE atlasAladin LiteSNAD ZTF viewer
Online MPChecker may fail to identify bright comets! Please manually check the Seiichi Yoshida's and Gideon van Buitenen's pages.
Don't forget to copy the leading white spaces and change the observatory code!
The code 'C32' is 'Ka-Dar Observatory, TAU Station, Nizhny Arkhyz', the code '500' is the geocenter.
Make sure there are no trailing white spaces after the observatory code.
The string should be exactly 80 characters long to conform to the MPC format.
Mean position:
You may copy/paste the above measurements to the following online services: MPChecker (in case the button does not work) NEOCMTChecker (NEO's and comets) sat_id2 (artificial satellites; needs at least two observations to work) fitsblink_satellites (art. sat.; you'll need to save the astrometry as a text file and upload it)
Here is a stub line for reporting a new transient to the TOCP.
Don't forget to set the constellation name and the number of days since the last non-detection!
Don't forget to change the observer code for the AAVSO and VSNET format data!
**** AAVSO file format ****
#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=SKA
#SOFTWARE=VaST 1.0rc90 transient pipeline
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES
VARIABLE_NAME,2461332.7309,14.05,0.05,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 20261019.2309 14.05CV NMW
The AAVSO data should be submitted to https://www.aavso.org/webobs
The VSNET data, depending on how interesting the target is, should be e-mailed to
vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-outburst-wanted@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
vsnet-obs@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
# Time-series data may be sent to vsnet-campaign-report@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461242.90183583 21.07.2026 09:38:28.616 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
First image: 2461242.90183583 21.07.2026 09:38:28.616 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Last image: 2461332.73123185 19.10.2026 05:32:48.432 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 3 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 10.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 55000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.37 # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 6031
Objects passed selection criteria: 6017
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 4797.5
Average stars matched: 4293 (89.4841 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 232064 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Thu Oct 15 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-241-g3eca6a38
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-15)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Oct 19 01:08:24 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref. image: 2461242.90183583 21.07.2026 09:38:28.616 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
First image: 2461242.90183583 21.07.2026 09:38:28.616 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Last image: 2461332.73123185 19.10.2026 05:32:48.432 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 35
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: 10 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA 2.0 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 3.0 # or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL 57000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN 0.83 # detector gain in e-/ADU
WEIGHT_TYPE BACKGROUND
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times): 32360
Objects passed selection criteria: 32263
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max): 3.1 4.0 2 4
Average stars detected per image: 26888
Average stars matched: 24069.2 (89.5167 %)
Memory usage VmPeak: 253448 kB
Software: VaST 1.0rc90 compiled with gcc (Gentoo 15.2.1_p20260214 p5) 15.2.1 20260214
VaST compiled on Thu Oct 15 15:05:03 CDT 2026
VaST build number 1.0rc89-241-g3eca6a38
OpenMP enabled: Yes
SExtractor version 2.25.2 (2026-10-15)
GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Processing completed on Mon Oct 19 01:09:19 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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Updating neverexclude_list.txt
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/neverexclude_list.txt' -> './neverexclude_list.txt'
Choosing bad regions list
'/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst' -> 'bad_region.lst'
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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: 2461332.73064961
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99 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 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0114 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38 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 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82
Second-epoch image center 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0013 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 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01155 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits &> /tmp/tmp.BgkySeYnIR
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits &> /tmp/tmp.HFRYCsK6Ss
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits &> /tmp/tmp.Fk9UGoyKF7
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits &> /tmp/tmp.g0sN0FlKbL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 6233 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0271 to 7.9045 deg, Dec +0.6902 to +11.2647 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 352.0271 to 7.9045 deg, Dec 0.6902 to 11.2647 deg
Loaded 4566 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): 3722 out of 3826 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3826 out of 6233 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.657350
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.657350
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.30
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.36
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.36
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 6233 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 352.0271 to 7.9045 deg, Dec +0.6902 to +11.2647 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 352.0271 to 7.9045 deg, Dec 0.6902 to 11.2647 deg
Loaded 4566 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): 3722 out of 3826 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3826 out of 6233 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (aperture=6.3)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 6318 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.8996 to 8.2591 deg, Dec +0.3478 to +11.6137 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 351.8996 to 8.2591 deg, Dec 0.3478 to 11.6137 deg
Loaded 4984 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): 3763 out of 3845 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3845 out of 6318 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits (aperture=6.2)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.3 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
2.4 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
2.3 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
2.2 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.4 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
15.4 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
15.3 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
15.4 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.3 (SNR ) 12.1 (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.BgkySeYnIR (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.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=357, bad_region=1397, passed=6233
Got 6233 stars (including 4531 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6233 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0271 through 0 to 7.9045, gap 7.9045 to 352.0271
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4440 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4430 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4430 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4430 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5089 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0274 through 0 to 7.9045, gap 7.9045 to 352.0274
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4440 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4430 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5089 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4430 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5089 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4430 stars left (next iteration limit 4873)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits N_match=4430 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.296 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.422 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.366 n_q1=1463 n_q2=831 n_q3=1438 n_q4=698 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.166
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4430 N_valid=4430 bias_ra_arcsec=0.010 bias_dec_arcsec=0.010 median_sep_arcsec=0.288 p95_sep_arcsec=0.926 n_q1=1463 n_q2=831 n_q3=1438 n_q4=698 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.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.HFRYCsK6Ss (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.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=328, bad_region=1317, passed=6318
Got 6318 stars (including 4746 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6318 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8996 through 0 to 8.2591, gap 8.2591 to 351.8996
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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4639 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4629 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8998 through 0 to 8.2592, gap 8.2592 to 351.8998
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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4639 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4629 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5260 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
Excluding outliers - 4629 stars left (next iteration limit 5091)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits N_match=4629 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.282 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.337 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.307 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.345 n_q1=1576 n_q2=830 n_q3=1520 n_q4=703 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.098
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4629 N_valid=4629 bias_ra_arcsec=0.004 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.256 p95_sep_arcsec=0.732 n_q1=1576 n_q2=830 n_q3=1520 n_q4=703 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.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.Fk9UGoyKF7 (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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=353, bad_region=1502, passed=6248
Got 6248 stars (including 4462 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6248 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0600 through 0 to 7.9359, gap 7.9359 to 352.0600
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4366 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4357 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4357 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4357 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5028 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0601 through 0 to 7.9362, gap 7.9362 to 352.0601
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4369 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5028 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4360 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 5028 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4360 stars left (next iteration limit 4792)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4360 robust_rms=7.764 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.689 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.689 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4360 robust_rms=0.383 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.974 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.974 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4360 robust_rms=0.283 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.376 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.376 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4360 robust_rms_before=0.827 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.290 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.283 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.369 worst_region_rms_after=0.376 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.992 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.376
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.369 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.290 arcsec matched=4360
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits N_match=4360 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.301 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.288 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.321 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.287 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.308 n_q1=1307 n_q2=820 n_q3=1393 n_q4=840 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.069
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4360 N_valid=4360 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.315 bias_dec_arcsec=0.508 median_sep_arcsec=0.727 p95_sep_arcsec=1.553 n_q1=1307 n_q2=820 n_q3=1393 n_q4=840 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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.g0sN0FlKbL (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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=374, bad_region=1513, passed=6226
Got 6226 stars (including 4413 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 6226 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0452 through 0 to 7.9234, gap 7.9234 to 352.0452
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4320 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4313 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4313 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4999 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0454 through 0 to 7.9237, gap 7.9237 to 352.0454
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4321 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4314 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4999 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4314 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4999 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 4314 stars left (next iteration limit 4744)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4314 robust_rms=7.728 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.659 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.659 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4314 robust_rms=0.417 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.899 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.899 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4314 robust_rms=0.320 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.347 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.347 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4314 robust_rms_before=0.898 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.330 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.320 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.369 worst_region_rms_after=0.347 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.200 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.347
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.369 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.330 arcsec matched=4314
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits N_match=4314 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.366 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=1280 n_q2=817 n_q3=1381 n_q4=836 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.046
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4314 N_valid=4314 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.479 bias_dec_arcsec=0.484 median_sep_arcsec=0.823 p95_sep_arcsec=1.661 n_q1=1280 n_q2=817 n_q3=1381 n_q4=836 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits sigma_overall=0.361 worst_q_ratio=1.166
ref2=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits sigma_overall=0.314 worst_q_ratio=1.098
new1=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits sigma_overall=0.301 worst_q_ratio=1.069
new2=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits sigma_overall=0.350 worst_q_ratio=1.046
reference average sigma_overall=0.3375 worst_q_ratio=1.132
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_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966_astrometric_residuals.png (4430 matched stars from wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382_astrometric_residuals.png (4629 matched stars from wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300_astrometric_residuals.png (4360 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.27 arcsec)
plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301_astrometric_residuals.png (4314 matched stars from wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.30 arcsec)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:01:01.31 +05:11:52.3: 12.24 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9: 15.43 +/- 0.27 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9: 15.77 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:01:01.31 +05:11:52.3: 12.26 +/- 0.01 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.43 +/- 0.27
Forced photometry filter KEPT candidate at 00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9: ref_mag=15.43 +/- 0.27 new_mean_mag=8.9785 delta=6.46 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.25 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:01:01.31 +05:11:52.3: ref_mag=12.25 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.2182 delta=0.04 (need > 0.90)
Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out20579.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 5s
Pre-generating preview images in parallel...
Done pre-generating preview images.
Pre-generating finding charts in parallel...
Done pre-generating finding charts.
make_report_in_HTML.sh Pre-generation: 1s
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Considering the candidate 20579_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
Preparing report for the candidate 20579_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
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Considering the candidate 21508_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 21508_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 6s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Psc-04-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 ####
00:01:57.44 +08:43:15.9
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Image size: 937.3'x624.3' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82 J2000 4789.000 3195.000
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The image scale is 5.87"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.8"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99 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 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82
Second-epoch image center 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0114 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg. Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Image size: 937.1'x624.1' 15.6(deg)x10.4(deg) 9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38 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 23:59:58.228 +05:59:38.82
Second-epoch image center 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0013 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 23:59:59.849 +06:00:11.99
Second-epoch second image center 23:59:57.963 +05:59:41.38
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01155 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits &> /tmp/tmp.F3GunNAuLn
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits &> /tmp/tmp.wpn3FD7R1h
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits &> /tmp/tmp.qUxn9co055
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Running util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hfTRXam7kO
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
Found non-empty wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits and wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits) and catalog (wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 33634 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.9992 to 7.9160 deg, Dec +0.6902 to +11.2656 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 351.9992 to 7.9160 deg, Dec 0.6902 to 11.2656 deg
Loaded 4573 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): 3677 out of 3960 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3960 out of 33634 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.535700
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.535700
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.: -7.03
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.51
Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed! =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.: 15.51
Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:
Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 33634 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.9992 to 7.9160 deg, Dec +0.6902 to +11.2656 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 351.9992 to 7.9160 deg, Dec 0.6902 to 11.2656 deg
Loaded 4573 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): 3677 out of 3960 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3960 out of 33634 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (aperture=4.9)
The field straddles RA=0: the RA boundaries wrap around (min > max)
Read 33762 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 351.8996 to 8.2739 deg, Dec +0.3067 to +11.6461 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 351.8996 to 8.2739 deg, Dec 0.3067 to 11.6461 deg
Loaded 5018 Tycho-2 stars within the image boundaries (VT and BT non-zero).
Relation between the catalog and instrumental magnitudes is written to calib.txt
Stars used for magnitude calibration (good matches): 3715 out of 3975 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3975 out of 33762 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits via Tycho-2
Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits:
Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits (aperture=5.0)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 22 candidate transients before the final filtering. (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
2.1 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
2.4 pix Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
2.2 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
2.1 pix fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
15.5 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
15.5 mag. Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
15.5 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
15.5 mag. fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate: 15.5 (SNR ) 14.6 (80% of stars) with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50).
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image.
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.F3GunNAuLn (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits 570.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.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=17, blended=1340, bad_region=6060, passed=33617
Got 33617 stars (including 26420 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33617 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.9992 through 0 to 7.9160, gap 7.9160 to 351.9992
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4873 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28877 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.9998 through 0 to 7.9161, gap 7.9161 to 351.9998
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28877 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4873 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28877 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32"
Excluding outliers - 4873 stars left (next iteration limit 5360)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits N_match=4873 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.364 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.415 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.340 n_q1=1600 n_q2=917 n_q3=1535 n_q4=821 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.183
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4873 N_valid=4873 bias_ra_arcsec=0.025 bias_dec_arcsec=0.000 median_sep_arcsec=0.288 p95_sep_arcsec=0.896 n_q1=1600 n_q2=917 n_q3=1535 n_q4=821 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.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.wpn3FD7R1h (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
The guess is based on the existing WCS header.
Trying to blindly solve the plate (local solve-field or remote server)...
/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir/vast_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits' -> 'wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=14, blended=1193, bad_region=6398, passed=33748
Got 33748 stars (including 26330 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 33748 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8996 through 0 to 8.2739, gap 8.2739 to 351.8996
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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4868 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28686 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 351.8999 through 0 to 8.2739, gap 8.2739 to 351.8999
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 451 to 510 (Dec 0.3 to 11.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4877 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28686 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4868 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28686 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29"
Excluding outliers - 4868 stars left (next iteration limit 5354)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits N_match=4868 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.304 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.280 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.300 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.329 n_q1=1571 n_q2=894 n_q3=1615 n_q4=788 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.083
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4868 N_valid=4868 bias_ra_arcsec=0.009 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.012 median_sep_arcsec=0.256 p95_sep_arcsec=0.695 n_q1=1571 n_q2=894 n_q3=1615 n_q4=788 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits -region wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.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.qUxn9co055 (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat
Excluding image region: -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 7500.0 0.0 9576.0 6388.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1122.0 1550.0 1124.0 1552.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1637.0 2824.0 1639.0 2826.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1831.0 2839.0 1833.0 2841.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 1905.0 4570.0 1907.0 4572.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2012.0 4693.0 2014.0 4695.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2397.0 4241.0 2399.0 4243.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region: 2679.0 2807.0 2681.0 2809.0 (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=8, blended=1306, bad_region=5894, passed=32363
Got 32363 stars (including 25515 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32363 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0504 through 0 to 7.9449, gap 7.9449 to 352.0504
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4849 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4840 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27810 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0506 through 0 to 7.9455, gap 7.9455 to 352.0506
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4850 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27810 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4840 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27810 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28"
Excluding outliers - 4840 stars left (next iteration limit 5324)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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=4840 robust_rms=7.400 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.955 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.955 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4840 robust_rms=0.381 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.976 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.976 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4840 robust_rms=0.283 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.370 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.370 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4840 robust_rms_before=0.817 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.286 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.283 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.369 worst_region_rms_after=0.370 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.993 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.370
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.369 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.369 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.286 arcsec matched=4840
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits N_match=4840 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.294 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.285 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.319 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.286 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.294 n_q1=1467 n_q2=900 n_q3=1573 n_q4=900 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.086
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4840 N_valid=4840 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.311 bias_dec_arcsec=0.510 median_sep_arcsec=0.724 p95_sep_arcsec=1.530 n_q1=1467 n_q2=900 n_q3=1573 n_q4=900 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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.hfTRXam7kO (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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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=6, blended=1376, bad_region=5981, passed=32782
Got 32782 stars (including 25831 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 32782 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.1'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.1 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013015 (46.9 arcsec)
catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010412 (37.5 arcsec)
ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0249 through 0 to 7.9337, gap 7.9337 to 352.0249
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4839 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28147 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
RA wraps around 0/360 boundary: field RA 352.0251 through 0 to 7.9342, gap 7.9342 to 352.0251
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 453 to 508 (Dec 0.7 to 11.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4846 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28147 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31"
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 28147 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33"
Excluding outliers - 4839 stars left (next iteration limit 5322)
Stop iterations.
The field is successfully solved and matched with the astrometric catalog! :)
SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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=4839 robust_rms=7.411 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.727 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.727 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4839 robust_rms=0.424 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.837 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.837 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4839 robust_rms=0.321 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.355 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.355 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4839 robust_rms_before=0.893 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.329 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.321 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.376 worst_region_rms_after=0.355 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.231 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.355
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.376 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.376 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.329 arcsec matched=4839
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits N_match=4839 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=1471 n_q2=893 n_q3=1571 n_q4=904 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.034
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4839 N_valid=4839 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.481 bias_dec_arcsec=0.487 median_sep_arcsec=0.818 p95_sep_arcsec=1.647 n_q1=1471 n_q2=893 n_q3=1571 n_q4=904 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits -region wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-31-58_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0300.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.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_2026-10-19_CI_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_010618_TTUQ2b1x1_1486576_eMv3VZGT/wcs_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Psc-04-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:54:26.14 +09:09:00.7: 13.63 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:01:42.26 +09:27:40.5: 14.51 +/- 0.10 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:48:20.11 +07:50:45.7: 15.89 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:04:16.29 +06:14:40.1: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:51:50.37 +07:26:41.5: 13.53 +/- 0.05 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:55:15.29 +02:26:10.3: 14.32 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:47:08.29 +03:44:25.7: 14.04 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:08:34.47 +01:53:59.5: 12.71 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:53:49.73 +06:44:00.4: 14.98 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:09:44.48 +02:11:23.2: 14.85 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:01:42.26 +09:27:40.5: 14.54 +/- 0.11 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:47:08.29 +03:44:25.7: 13.96 +/- 0.07 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:48:20.11 +07:50:45.7: 15.88 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:54:26.14 +09:09:00.7: 13.83 +/- 0.06 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:53:49.73 +06:44:00.4: 15.15 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:08:34.47 +01:53:59.5: 12.72 +/- 0.02 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:55:15.29 +02:26:10.3: 14.36 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:51:50.37 +07:26:41.5: 13.49 +/- 0.04 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:04:16.29 +06:14:40.1: 15.96 +/- 99.00 upperlimit
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.52 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.00 +/- 0.05
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 12.71 +/- 0.01
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.71 +/- 0.04
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.06 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:01:42.26 +09:27:40.5: ref_mag=14.52 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.6021 delta=-0.08 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:54:26.14 +09:09:00.7: ref_mag=13.71 +/- 0.04 new_mean_mag=13.7787 delta=-0.06 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.34 +/- 0.06
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 13.51 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:47:08.29 +03:44:25.7: ref_mag=14.00 +/- 0.05 new_mean_mag=14.0446 delta=-0.05 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:08:34.47 +01:53:59.5: ref_mag=12.71 +/- 0.01 new_mean_mag=12.8831 delta=-0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:53:49.73 +06:44:00.4: ref_mag=15.06 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7614 delta=0.30 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:51:50.37 +07:26:41.5: ref_mag=13.51 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.4786 delta=0.03 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:55:15.29 +02:26:10.3: ref_mag=14.34 +/- 0.06 new_mean_mag=14.2688 delta=0.07 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:09:44.48 +02:11:23.2: 14.82 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.83 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:09:44.48 +02:11:23.2: ref_mag=14.83 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.6223 delta=0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:02:46.97 +01:54:14.7: 15.05 +/- 0.18 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:50:57.41 +09:10:13.7: 15.59 +/- 0.27 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:10:41.52 +04:40:57.3: 14.92 +/- 0.15 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:17:52.99 +02:00:53.8: 15.10 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:44:26.56 +03:30:23.7: 15.35 +/- 0.24 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 00:09:12.25 +02:22:57.2: 15.33 +/- 0.23 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:46:32.62 +08:18:11.5: 14.73 +/- 0.13 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:44:26.56 +03:30:23.7: 14.76 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:09:12.25 +02:22:57.2: 15.36 +/- 0.22 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:10:41.52 +04:40:57.3: 15.06 +/- 0.17 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:46:32.62 +08:18:11.5: 14.83 +/- 0.14 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:50:57.41 +09:10:13.7: 15.28 +/- 0.21 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:02:46.97 +01:54:14.7: 15.13 +/- 0.19 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 00:17:52.99 +02:00:53.8: 99.00 +/- 99.00 bad_region
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:58:09.36 +04:26:29.8: 14.71 +/- 0.12 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.91 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.35 +/- 0.16
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.98 +/- 0.11
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:09:12.25 +02:22:57.2: ref_mag=15.35 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.7513 delta=0.59 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.09 +/- 0.13
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.78 +/- 0.10
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.10 +/- 0.19
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:44:26.56 +03:30:23.7: ref_mag=14.91 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7444 delta=0.17 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 15.40 +/- 0.16
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:02:46.97 +01:54:14.7: ref_mag=15.09 +/- 0.13 new_mean_mag=14.7991 delta=0.29 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:10:41.52 +04:40:57.3: ref_mag=14.98 +/- 0.11 new_mean_mag=14.8292 delta=0.16 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 00:17:52.99 +02:00:53.8: ref_mag=15.10 +/- 0.19 new_mean_mag=14.8879 delta=0.21 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:46:32.62 +08:18:11.5: ref_mag=14.78 +/- 0.10 new_mean_mag=14.6674 delta=0.11 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:50:57.41 +09:10:13.7: ref_mag=15.40 +/- 0.16 new_mean_mag=14.9088 delta=0.49 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:58:09.36 +04:26:29.8: 14.40 +/- 0.09 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.51 +/- 0.07
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:58:09.36 +04:26:29.8: ref_mag=14.51 +/- 0.07 new_mean_mag=14.6364 delta=-0.13 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-21_04-38-28_20.00sec_4.90C_LIGHT_0966.fits at 23:47:56.09 +03:05:03.9: 14.84 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-07-22_04-54-46_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHTs_0382.fits at 23:47:56.09 +03:05:03.9: 14.91 +/- 0.16 detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average: 14.87 +/- 0.12
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 23:47:56.09 +03:05:03.9: ref_mag=14.87 +/- 0.12 new_mean_mag=14.7503 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
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Adding exclusion_list_local.txt__out56683.dat to exclusion_list_local.txt
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Considering the candidate 52800_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 52800_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52803_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 52803_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52807_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 52807_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 52811_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 52811_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 55500_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 55500_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 55686_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
Preparing report for the candidate 55686_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
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Considering the candidate 55991_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 55991_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 56683_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
Preparing report for the candidate 56683_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
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Considering the candidate 57070_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 57070_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 57231_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 57231_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58059_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58059_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58396_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58396_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58496_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58496_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58558_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58558_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58650_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58650_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58653_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58653_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58662_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58662_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58694_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58694_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58697_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58697_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 58709_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 58709_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
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Considering the candidate 18479_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 18479_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks
Rejecting candidate due to large distance (41.1") between the two second-epoch detections
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Considering the candidate 30101_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301
The candidate 30101_fd_Psc-04-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_00-32-48_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0301 did not pass the final checks