FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 reference image: Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461093.71943466 22.02.2026 05:15:49.155   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
First image: 2461093.71943466 22.02.2026 05:15:49.155   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Last  image: 2461332.83901111 19.10.2026 08:08:00.560   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.24
Magnitude-Size filter: Disabled
For each source choose aperture with the smallest scatter: YES
Photometric errors rescaling: NO
Number of identified bad images: 0
Number of SysRem iterations: 0
User-specified moving object: none
Computation time: 2 seconds
Number of parallel threads: 3
SExtractor parameter file: default.sex
Some important SExtractor parameters:
DETECT_MINAREA  10.0             # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH   10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 10.0             #  or , in mag.arcsec-2
SATUR_LEVEL     55000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
GAIN            0.37            # detector gain in e-/ADU
VAST_SKIP_INDEX_VS_MAG is set - skipping the lib/index_vs_mag variability-index fitting
Total objects detected (at least 2 times):  7305
Objects passed selection criteria:  7290
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 6079
Average stars matched: 5976.75 (98.318 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   234168 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 03:14:26 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: 2461093.71943466 22.02.2026 05:15:49.155   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
First image: 2461093.71943466 22.02.2026 05:15:49.155   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Last  image: 2461332.83901111 19.10.2026 08:08:00.560   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 30
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.95
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):  41751
Objects passed selection criteria:  41653
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    3.2    4.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 35432.2
Average stars matched: 34350.5 (96.947 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   266764 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 03:15:08 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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######## Processing parameters ########
AAVSO_COMMENT_STRING= NMW-TexasTech Camera-2 135mm f/2.2 telephoto lens + QHY600M CMOS
ASTCHECK_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCSEC= 
BAD_REGION_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/TTUQ2_bad_region.lst
CAMERA_SETTINGS= TTUQ2b1x1
CHECK_POINTING_ACCURACY= yes
DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks
EXCLUSION_LIST= ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 12.5
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MAX_ELONGATION_AminusB_PIX= 0.55
FILTER_BAD_IMG__MIN_APERTURE_STAR_SIZE_PIX= 2.0
FILTER_BRIGHT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= -5
FILTER_FAINT_MAG_CUTOFF_TRANSIENT_SEARCH= 15.5
FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE= /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
FRAME_EDGE_OFFSET_PIX= 600
GAIA_BAND_FOR_CATALOGED_SOURCE_CHECK= 
MAX_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_VALUE_RATIO= 100
DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK= yes
MAX_NEW_IMG_MEAN_VALUE= 25000
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS= 0.18
MAX_SD_RATIO_OF_SECOND_EPOCH_IMGS_SOFT_LIMIT= 0.12
MPC_CODE= V36
NMW_CALIBRATION= /var/www/nmw_calibration
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_HARD_LIMIT= 10000
NUMBER_OF_DETECTED_TRANSIENTS_BEFORE_FILTERING_SOFT_LIMIT= 8000
OMP_NUM_THREADS= 3
ONLINE_MPCHECKER_BUTTON_ASTEROID_SEARCH_RADIUS_ARCMIN= 
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION= 
REQUIRE_PIX_SHIFT_BETWEEN_IMAGES_FOR_TRANSIENT_CANDIDATES= yes
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_BRIGHTSTARPASS= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES= default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
SEXTRACTOR_CONFIG_FILES_HIGH_PRIORITY_EXTRA= default.sex.telephoto_lens_vTTU
HIGH_PRIORITY_FIELDS= Sco6 Oph-08-Q1b1x1 Oph-08-Q2b1x1 Sco-04-Q1b1x1 Sco-04-Q2b1x1 Sgr-04-Q1b1x1 Sgr-04-Q2b1x1 242
STARMATCH_RADIUS_PIX= 5
SYSREM_ITERATIONS= 0
TELESCOP= 
TELESCOP_NAME_KNOWN_TO_VaST_FOR_FOV_DETERMINATION= 
UCAC5_PLATESOLVE_ITERATIONS= 2
FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE= no
#######################################
HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
#######################################
SExtractor catalog cache: enabled, directory /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/vast_sextractor_cache
Reference image directory is set to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs
VIZIER_SITE=vizier.cds.unistra.fr
GAIA_DR2_CLIENT=vizquery (lib/vizquery -> VizieR vizier.cds.unistra.fr)
INFO: MAKE_PNG_PLOTS is set to yes
FITS_FILE_EXT=fits
CALIBRATION_STATUS_PREFIX=
Fields in the data directory: 
Cnc-01-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Cnc-01-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 303759 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 303759 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.png' -> 'transient_report/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits_preview.png'

Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits


renamed 'Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.png' -> 'transient_report/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits_preview.png'

Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits




Read-check the input FITS images... read-check OK
Blank image check the input FITS images... blank-image-check OK
Read date check the input FITS images... read-date-check OK
Mean value check the input FITS images... OK, at least two new images have mean values below the threshold.
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INFO: REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 473.5517
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 578.6119
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1524.2130
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 520.2499
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 1519.9168
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 520.2813
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 3.21868
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.000
INFO: the new-to-reference mean image value ratio check is disabled (DISABLE_NEW_TO_REF_MEAN_IMG_RATIO_CHECK=yes) - expected with a background-subtracted reference image
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Calibration settings: DARK_FRAMES_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks FLAT_FIELD_DIR_OR_FILE=/var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                 -0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     10.1400003433228 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 10.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Header: 74 keys total, 33 keys left
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/d_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits :)

Spent 0.530305 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/d_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
SET-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint
CCD-TEMP=                  0.0 / [degC] CCD temperature
FOCTEMP =     10.1800003051758 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 10.2 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit
Reading dark frame /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/darks/mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Dark frame is subtracted, output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/d_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits :)

Spent 0.519296 seconds 
renamed 'mdark_TTUQ2b1x1_0C_20s_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/dark.png'
try_to_calibrate_the_input_frame(): selected flat field /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit from directory /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats
MegaDivider v7
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/d_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Reading flat /var/www/nmw_calibration/TTUQ2b1x1/flats/mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.fit 9576 6388  16 bitpix
Avarage count on flat field image: 37096.658242
Minimal real count (from overscan): 5
Output is written to /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits :)


No overscan detected - all values seem high! (left_median=24199.0, right_median=29433.0)
renamed 'mff_TTUQ2b1x1_2026-08-12_multinight.png' -> 'transient_report/flat.png'
Using calibrated image CALIBRATED_SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Dark frame used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



Flat field used to calibrate the second-epoch images:



after the calibration attempt:
SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits



fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits




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

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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: 2461332.83842457
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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Image size: 941.7'x627.1'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Image size: 939.8'x624.4'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57 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 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61
Second-epoch image center 09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0262 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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Image size: 939.8'x624.4'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52 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 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61
Second-epoch image center 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0374 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  09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57
Second-epoch second image center 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01240 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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits &> /tmp/tmp.cV4SwdQDSg
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits &> /tmp/tmp.lECx3xAAsF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits &> /tmp/tmp.hpWYZFcKTX
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits &> /tmp/tmp.X54QDTaeUj
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 9739 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2298 to 144.3027 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3714 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 125.2298 to 144.3027 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3714 deg
Loaded 6841 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): 4973 out of 5311 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5311 out of 9739 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.920000
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.920000
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.24
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.68

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.68

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 9739 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2298 to 144.3027 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3714 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 125.2298 to 144.3027 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3714 deg
Loaded 6841 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): 4973 out of 5311 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5311 out of 9739 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (aperture=6.3)
Read 9662 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2297 to 144.3026 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3595 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 125.2297 to 144.3026 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3595 deg
Loaded 6832 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): 4940 out of 5305 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5305 out of 9662 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits (aperture=6.3)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.2 pix  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
 2.2 pix  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.7 mag.  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
 15.7 mag.  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
 14.8 mag.  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
 14.8 mag.  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.8 (SNR )  11.7 (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.cV4SwdQDSg (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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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=764, bad_region=2043, passed=9739
Got 9739 stars (including 7078 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9739 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4860 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8119 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8119 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4860 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8119 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4860 stars left (next iteration limit 5346)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits N_match=4860 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.383 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.380 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.350 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.344 n_q1=1683 n_q2=812 n_q3=1614 n_q4=751 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.144
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4860 N_valid=4860 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.000 bias_dec_arcsec=0.010 median_sep_arcsec=0.305 p95_sep_arcsec=0.832 n_q1=1683 n_q2=812 n_q3=1614 n_q4=751 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits -region wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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.lECx3xAAsF (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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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=776, bad_region=2005, passed=9662
Got 9662 stars (including 7035 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 9662 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4865 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4858 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4858 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8072 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4866 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8072 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4859 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 8072 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 4859 stars left (next iteration limit 5343)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits N_match=4859 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.427 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.493 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.421 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.387 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.388 n_q1=1690 n_q2=808 n_q3=1605 n_q4=756 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.155
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4859 N_valid=4859 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.006 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.007 median_sep_arcsec=0.349 p95_sep_arcsec=0.901 n_q1=1690 n_q2=808 n_q3=1605 n_q4=756 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits -region wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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.hpWYZFcKTX (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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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=317, bad_region=883, passed=5423
Got 5423 stars (including 4255 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5423 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013053 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010442 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4152 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4149 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4712 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4152 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4712 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4149 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4712 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4149 stars left (next iteration limit 4563)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4149 robust_rms=7.161 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.400 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.228 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4149 robust_rms=0.551 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.688 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.688 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4149 robust_rms=0.374 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.517 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.517 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4149 robust_rms_before=1.247 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.336 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.374 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.472 worst_region_rms_after=0.517 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.169 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.517
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.472 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.472 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.336 arcsec matched=4149
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits N_match=4149 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.345 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.343 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.351 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.339 n_q1=1514 n_q2=651 n_q3=1377 n_q4=607 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.019
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4149 N_valid=4149 bias_ra_arcsec=0.353 bias_dec_arcsec=0.743 median_sep_arcsec=1.175 p95_sep_arcsec=2.192 n_q1=1514 n_q2=651 n_q3=1377 n_q4=607 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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.X54QDTaeUj (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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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=301, bad_region=888, passed=5436
Got 5436 stars (including 4276 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 5436 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013053 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010442 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4169 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4165 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4165 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4165 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4170 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4166 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4166 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4722 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4166 stars left (next iteration limit 4581)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4166 robust_rms=7.029 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.361 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.022 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4166 robust_rms=0.552 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.664 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.664 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4166 robust_rms=0.413 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.529 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.529 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4166 robust_rms_before=1.193 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.345 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.413 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.484 worst_region_rms_after=0.529 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.139 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.529
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.484 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.484 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.345 arcsec matched=4166
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits N_match=4166 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.339 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.349 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.346 n_q1=1508 n_q2=647 n_q3=1411 n_q4=600 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.022
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4166 N_valid=4166 bias_ra_arcsec=0.430 bias_dec_arcsec=0.680 median_sep_arcsec=1.141 p95_sep_arcsec=2.032 n_q1=1508 n_q2=647 n_q3=1411 n_q4=600 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits sigma_overall=0.383 worst_q_ratio=1.144
ref2=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits sigma_overall=0.427 worst_q_ratio=1.155
new1=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits sigma_overall=0.345 worst_q_ratio=1.019
new2=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits sigma_overall=0.349 worst_q_ratio=1.022
reference average sigma_overall=0.405 worst_q_ratio=1.1495
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
###################################

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203_astrometric_residuals.png (4860 matched stars from wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204_astrometric_residuals.png (4859 matched stars from wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454_astrometric_residuals.png (4149 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455_astrometric_residuals.png (4166 matched stars from wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.31 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Image size: 941.7'x627.1'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.89"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
###################################
The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Image size: 939.8'x624.4'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57 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 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61
Second-epoch image center 09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0262 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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Image size: 939.8'x624.4'  15.7(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.89"/pix along the X axis and 5.86"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52 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 09:00:00.716 +30:00:16.61
Second-epoch image center 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0374 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  09:00:05.409 +29:59:04.57
Second-epoch second image center 09:00:08.671 +29:58:50.52
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01240 deg.
###################################
Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits &> /tmp/tmp.XvVAx8AivM
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits &> /tmp/tmp.ljZMaJEu5z
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits &> /tmp/tmp.jR4pI5J3OE
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits &> /tmp/tmp.VbSVoCo3Dd
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits and wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits) and catalog (wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 53783 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2164 to 144.3101 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3713 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 125.2164 to 144.3101 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3713 deg
Loaded 6850 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): 4579 out of 5348 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5348 out of 53783 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.801600
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.801600
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -6.95
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.85

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  15.85

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 53783 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2164 to 144.3101 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3713 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 125.2164 to 144.3101 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3713 deg
Loaded 6850 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): 4579 out of 5348 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5348 out of 53783 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (aperture=4.9)
Read 54054 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 125.2297 to 144.3208 deg, Dec +24.1679 to +35.3600 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 125.2297 to 144.3208 deg, Dec 24.1679 to 35.3600 deg
Loaded 6838 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): 4573 out of 5350 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5350 out of 54054 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits (aperture=4.8)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 23 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.0 pix  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
 2.0 pix  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
 2.3 pix  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 15.9 mag.  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
 15.9 mag.  Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
 14.8 mag.  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
 14.8 mag.  fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.8 (SNR )  14.1 (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.XvVAx8AivM (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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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=26, blended=3103, bad_region=8880, passed=53757
Got 53757 stars (including 42188 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 53757 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4854 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46797 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46797 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.32" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4854 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 46797 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.34" 
Excluding outliers - 4854 stars left (next iteration limit 5339)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits N_match=4854 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.361 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.428 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.329 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.334 n_q1=1661 n_q2=807 n_q3=1607 n_q4=779 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.185
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4854 N_valid=4854 bias_ra_arcsec=0.003 bias_dec_arcsec=0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.293 p95_sep_arcsec=0.792 n_q1=1661 n_q2=807 n_q3=1607 n_q4=779 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits -region wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.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.ljZMaJEu5z (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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits' -> 'wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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=22, blended=3163, bad_region=8915, passed=54032
Got 54032 stars (including 42379 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 54032 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 941.7'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 941.7 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013079 (47.1 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010463 (37.7 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4852 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47039 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 570 to 628 (Dec 24.2 to 35.4)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4859 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47039 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.35" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4852 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 47039 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.38" 
Excluding outliers - 4852 stars left (next iteration limit 5337)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits N_match=4852 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.404 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.481 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.376 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.367 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.373 n_q1=1662 n_q2=793 n_q3=1618 n_q4=779 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.190
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4852 N_valid=4852 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.012 median_sep_arcsec=0.330 p95_sep_arcsec=0.867 n_q1=1662 n_q2=793 n_q3=1618 n_q4=779 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits -region wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.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.jR4pI5J3OE (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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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=5, blended=1142, bad_region=3713, passed=30041
Got 30041 stars (including 25313 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30041 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013053 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010442 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4837 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4837 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27296 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Excluding outliers - 4837 stars left (next iteration limit 5320)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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=4837 robust_rms=7.014 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.498 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.498 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4837 robust_rms=0.551 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.714 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.714 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4837 robust_rms=0.379 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.529 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.529 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4837 robust_rms_before=1.250 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.341 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.379 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.485 worst_region_rms_after=0.529 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.163 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.529
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.485 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.485 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.341 arcsec matched=4837
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits N_match=4837 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.353 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.349 n_q1=1748 n_q2=713 n_q3=1636 n_q4=740 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.011
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4837 N_valid=4837 bias_ra_arcsec=0.358 bias_dec_arcsec=0.744 median_sep_arcsec=1.181 p95_sep_arcsec=2.133 n_q1=1748 n_q2=713 n_q3=1636 n_q4=740 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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.VbSVoCo3Dd (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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=11, blended=1162, bad_region=3714, passed=30030
Got 30030 stars (including 25280 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 30030 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 939.8'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 939.8 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013053 (47.0 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010442 (37.6 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 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: 0.33" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27248 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 571 to 628 (Dec 24.3 to 35.3)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4848 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(), 27248 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.33" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4839 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 27248 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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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=6.935 arcsec worst_region_rms=10.326 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=10.326 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4839 robust_rms=0.550 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.684 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.684 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4839 robust_rms=0.414 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.539 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.539 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4839 robust_rms_before=1.191 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.344 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.414 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.502 worst_region_rms_after=0.539 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.135 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.539
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.502 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.502 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.344 arcsec matched=4839
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits N_match=4839 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.346 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.355 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.341 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.348 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.331 n_q1=1757 n_q2=706 n_q3=1640 n_q4=736 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.026
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4839 N_valid=4839 bias_ra_arcsec=0.433 bias_dec_arcsec=0.683 median_sep_arcsec=1.138 p95_sep_arcsec=1.976 n_q1=1757 n_q2=706 n_q3=1640 n_q4=736 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits -region wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.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_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/wcs_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-15-49_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0203.fits at 08:40:04.37 +26:25:52.2:  13.75 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-02-21_23-16-32_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0204.fits at 08:40:04.37 +26:25:52.2:  13.74 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  13.75 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 08:40:04.37 +26:25:52.2: ref_mag=13.75 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.6313 delta=0.12 (need > 0.90)
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 1 (network queries): 1s
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 67180_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67180_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    11.78    09:20:28.92 +31:57:16.3   7426 4394   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  09:20:28.95 +31:57:16.2 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67236_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67236_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    12.03    08:51:12.68 +25:38:57.2   3508 0609   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:51:12.66 +25:38:56.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67266_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67266_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    12.26    08:52:41.89 +32:29:31.9   3877 4742   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:52:41.89 +32:29:32.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67386_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67386_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.20    08:52:24.35 +28:17:32.2   3737 2206   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:52:24.33 +28:17:32.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67405_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67405_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.41    08:45:26.52 +28:25:58.1   2815 2333   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:45:26.52 +28:25:57.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67423_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67423_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.36    08:53:03.00 +29:55:48.0   3861 3192   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:53:03.00 +29:55:48.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67426_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67426_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.30    08:54:29.44 +26:55:11.9   3984 1366   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:54:29.49 +26:55:11.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67440_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67440_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.57    08:57:53.50 +30:12:16.7   4499 3337   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:57:53.53 +30:12:16.5 in the exclusion list exclusion_list_bsc.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67448_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67448_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.33    08:52:56.76 +32:21:55.7   3905 4664   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:52:56.73 +32:21:55.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67452_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67452_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.44    08:54:55.89 +26:13:09.2   4028 0939   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:54:55.86 +26:13:07.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67481_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67481_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 19.33842    2461332.83842    13.59    08:40:04.30 +26:25:52.7   2023 1157   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-07-09_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0454.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.69    08:40:04.43 +26:25:51.8   2016 1159   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 67492_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67492_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.60    08:42:23.01 +29:15:24.5   2439 2853   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:42:23.01 +29:15:25.3 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67502_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67502_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.62    09:00:16.99 +32:04:27.6   4836 4459   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  09:00:16.96 +32:04:27.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67527_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67527_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.84    08:42:23.55 +29:13:44.9   2439 2837   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:42:23.65 +29:13:47.4 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67557_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67557_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.82    08:43:42.32 +29:15:10.1   2614 2841   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:43:42.43 +29:15:10.0 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67559_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67559_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    14.14    08:41:29.19 +28:52:07.6   2305 2626   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:41:28.88 +28:52:06.8 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67586_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67586_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.90    08:49:52.21 +30:44:17.5   3468 3697   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:49:52.13 +30:44:17.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67620_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67620_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.91    08:51:16.61 +33:14:16.1   3715 5201   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:51:16.63 +33:14:16.6 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67624_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67624_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    14.32    08:53:04.15 +28:42:53.3   3835 2458   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:53:04.17 +28:42:52.7 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 67693_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 67693_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 2     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    14.79    08:36:26.24 +32:42:34.2   1808 4997   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (16.2") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 47815_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 47815_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    12.61    08:31:54.46 +32:12:46.9   1201 4745   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (45.5") between the two second-epoch detections
  
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Considering the candidate 27045_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 27045_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    13.60    08:46:58.97 +29:49:27.8   3064 3163   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

**** FOUND  08:46:58.93 +29:49:27.9 in the exclusion list exclusion_list.txt ****
  
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Considering the candidate 24201_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455
The candidate 24201_fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 3     2026 10 19.33901    2461332.83901    12.32    09:16:34.79 +29:34:27.1   6941 2942   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-19_CI_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_031208_TTUQ2b1x1_1686599_9QKAL8FW/fd_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1_2026-10-19_03-08-00_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0455.fits

Rejecting candidate due to large distance (43.6") between the two second-epoch detections
make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Cnc-01-Q2b1x1 ###########
The analysis was running at tau
We are allowed to update the exclusion list at tau host
Found ../exclusion_list_TTUQ2.txt
#### The exclusion list before filtering-out asteroids, bad pixels and adding Gaia sources ####
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renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_noasteroids' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
renamed 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt_nohotpixels' -> 'exclusion_list_index_html.txt'
# Count candidates with no identification (that also don't look like hot pix)
Found 0 unidentified candidates (excluding asteroids, hot pixels and known variable stars).
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0 candidates found (excluding asteroids and hot pixels)
This does not look like a test run
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exclusion_list_gaiadr2.txt NOT FOUND
exclusion_list_apass.txt NOT FOUND
IS_THIS_TEST_RUN=NO  ALLOW_EXCLUSION_LIST_UPDATE= YES
#### Nothing to add to the exclusion list ####
The observatory MPC code is V36
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Positions of planets computed with util/planet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461332.83842457 -observatory V36
15:03:07.42 -20:35:04.6 Mercury (0.2mag)
13:53:43.75 -19:19:38.1 Venus (-4.2mag)
08:57:55.75 +18:35:17.1 Mars (1.0mag)
09:39:14.61 +14:42:44.0 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:40:12.65 +01:23:04.1 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:11:10.30 +20:55:39.0 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:09:35.50 -00:30:25.3 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:09.68 -23:43:14.2 Pluto (14.5mag)
20:19:22.58 -22:00:53.3 Moon (-10.5mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 19 03:14 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.83842457:
09:39:21.25 +14:42:07.5 Io (6.1mag)
09:39:20.84 +14:42:11.2 Europa (6.2mag)
09:39:31.79 +14:41:08.0 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:39:43.01 +14:40:08.0 Callisto (6.8mag)
09:39:35.06 +15:00:31.0 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:39:13.88 +14:42:48.1 Thebe (16.4mag)
09:38:12.03 +15:06:00.9 Elara (17.5mag)
09:41:09.31 +14:06:24.7 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:37:17.10 +15:11:42.9 Carme (18.8mag)
00:40:23.86 +01:22:38.9 Titan (8.2mag)
00:40:15.25 +01:22:45.5 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:40:02.60 +01:20:47.6 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:40:25.60 +01:22:29.9 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:38:28.68 +01:10:38.9 Phoebe (16.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 19 03:14 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461332.83842457:
03:34:32.38 +20:35:50.1 JWST
17:12:38.35 +39:02:48.3 Chandra
12:44:07.74 -62:07:27.2 XMM-Newton
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461332.83842457 -observatory V36
03:43:05.03 +20:11:05.2 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
07:40:14.43 +37:23:21.6 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill)
18:32:09.92 -33:18:00.3 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:42:36.03 -72:55:35.1 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:14:45.51 +34:52:54.2 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:46:06.14 +48:20:42.3 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
07:32:53.23 +25:23:28.3 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:05:14.22 +36:33:27.6 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:29:06.66 +41:12:38.2 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:46:07.59 -13:39:33.1 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
12:32:10.47 +15:20:46.0 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
13:59:08.09 -03:22:48.1 16.5mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
19:15:17.61 +61:42:40.5 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:27:05.71 +42:02:30.6 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:53:17.46 +15:06:09.1 17.7mag A/2026 E1
16:26:55.48 -46:30:57.7 13.3mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard)
00:06:48.44 +17:37:32.8 17.3mag 2P/Encke
23:07:21.65 -29:49:27.1 14.8mag 10P/Tempel
02:21:28.57 +36:54:11.0 16.6mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:16:30.85 -08:48:43.2 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:17:37.74 -09:02:51.2 15.7mag 65P/Gunn
07:45:40.06 +15:09:32.0 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels
02:51:38.10 +13:55:31.3 17.8mag 88P/Howell
08:07:46.54 +42:24:32.6 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
09:20:36.56 +11:15:30.1 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
11:57:11.21 +11:26:37.6 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
14:27:00.01 -34:24:02.5 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos
20:44:09.20 +08:47:41.8 9.7mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
10:38:06.59 -00:08:51.9 15.0mag 169P/NEAT
03:24:06.90 +03:37:51.3 15.0mag 220P/McNaught
06:13:50.41 +46:54:27.8 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
07:38:42.20 +25:24:50.7 17.8mag 266P/Christensen
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List of recent ASAS-SN transients from https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/asassn/transients.html :
21:50:55.86 -02:51:49.30  SN2026acyb  2026-10-9.85 16.83
03:40:34.04 +02:31:56.70  SN2026acvp  2026-10-9.95 17.75
04:33:25.91 -13:41:04.20  SN2026adhl  2026-10-9.94 17.52
09:20:05.05 +27:03:12.40  SN2026aeif  2026-10-9.47 15.93
02:58:07.77 -65:18:52.90  ASASSN-26fl  2026-10-7.9 -0.85
02:49:03.98 -49:55:57.00  SN 2026adfy  2026-10-4.88 16.61
22:03:46.31 -11:07:57.70  AT2026adgn  2026-10-4.28 -2.56
15:03:12.98 +49:51:05.40  ASASSN-26fj  2026-10-2.06 15.91
08:07:27.96 -65:51:03.90  ASASSN-26fi  2026-10-1.36 15.82
21:02:34.66 +23:57:26.20  ASASSN-26fh  2026-10-1.27 15.94
20:00:16.62 +03:26:29.90  AT2026adfv  2026-10-1.3 16.42
00:08:42.74 -32:33:16.50  SN2026abhc  2026-09-29.15 15.57
21:02:30.26 -19:27:41.80  SN2026acxa  2026-09-29.13 14.65
04:39:17.45 -28:06:12.40  ASASSN-26fg  2026-09-23.25 15.73
05:25:07.80 +04:38:32.40  SN2026aajs  2026-09-21.32 17.04
19:56:12.67 +08:25:27.70  AT2026acgs  2026-09-18.14 15.84
00:02:34.07 +52:55:19.10  ASASSN-26ff  2026-09-16.43 15.37
23:44:33.18 +17:46:12.20  SN2026yjv  2026-09-15.38 18.32
16:21:12.24 +57:37:51.30  SN 2026aafh  2026-09-14.11 15.02
23:36:00.27 -19:28:18.00  SN 2026aaks  2026-09-14.44 16.89
16:35:24.86 -05:32:38.20  SN2026aasi  2026-09-12.99 16.58
16:46:08.71 +37:25:21.80  SN2026aafk  2026-09-13.25 17.4
23:48:37.86 +50:25:24.60  SN2026aafs  2026-09-13.47 17
21:20:27.02 +02:10:42.50  SN2026aagh   -------
08:02:26.85 -24:37:44.10  ASASSN-26fe  2026-09-13.34 13.67
02:29:34.91 +23:06:56.30  SN2026aars  2026-09-12.27 16.93
02:47:25.52 -32:58:34.50  SN 2026znh  2026-09-9.92 16.26
04:59:14.53 -83:27:58.80  ASASSN-26fd  2026-09-9.11 17.27
17:52:06.79 -23:43:20.70  ASASSN-26fc  2026-09-8.79 12.14
03:52:53.26 -14:19:28.70  SN 2026zfw  2026-09-8 17.78
01:53:26.46 +10:07:25.10  SN2026aacj  2026-09-7.17 16.27
20:04:34.47 +62:38:38.10  SN2026zji  2026-09-7.14 15.87
22:37:05.59 +34:24:35.70  SN2026aaiv  2026-09-7.22 13.48
22:24:21.29 -10:25:31.60  ASASSN-26fb  2026-09-5.3 13.93
00:44:54.28 +41:33:10.50  AT2026aabo  2026-09-3.29 15.02
00:52:12.40 -58:22:08.60  SN 2026zhl  2026-08-31.92 16.51
19:53:57.87 +61:00:19.70  ASASSN-26fa  2026-08-31.18 14.63
00:21:50.96 -09:29:16.30  AT2026zwp  2026-08-31.41 15.59
19:45:06.20 +18:22:48.80  V488  2026-08-30.13 9.37
18:25:12.74 -22:25:28.60  V8055  2026-08-30.22 10.89
17:17:45.96 +64:31:40.10  ASASSN-26ez  2026-08-25.13 10.87
19:02:47.09 +58:08:21.00  AT2026zwo  2026-08-24.16 15.78
04:20:07.58 -42:26:59.90  AT2026zjy  2026-08-23.03 15.91
03:08:18.02 +11:54:46.50  SN2026ymb  2026-08-23.4 16.44
20:22:32.48 -50:45:14.30  SN2026yid  2026-08-22.82 15.13
04:24:28.39 -56:20:21.60  ASASSN-26ey  2026-08-20.02 15.55
16:46:37.81 -63:14:59.80  ASASSN-26ex  2026-08-18.78 3.63
21:28:47.85 +20:31:03.60  SN 2026sfn  2026-08-16.3 17.09
23:01:28.67 -61:00:39.00  SN 2026yib  2026-08-14.85 17.36
00:22:23.20 -32:16:02.70  SN 2026whu  2026-08-14.96 16.5
19:56:21.71 -37:24:19.90  ASASSN-26ew  2026-08-13.82 14.73
13:53:14.21 +00:26:52.00  SN 2026wkv  2026-08-10.12 15.83
05:21:07.61 +23:38:20.10  TCP J05210763+2338194  2026-08-10.59 9.34
01:28:20.49 +40:13:27.10  SN2026wpd  2026-08-9.34 16.37
23:47:50.87 +49:28:49.80  SN2026wjs  2026-08-9.35 17.12
16:03:20.92 +17:43:23.70  AT2026xau  2026-08-9.3 17.71
01:10:22.05 -09:34:08.50  SN2026weo  2026-08-7.46 15.76
00:56:54.35 -35:55:29.40  AT2026wdy  2026-08-5.05 16.08
22:08:07.63 -53:03:58.90  AT2026wek  2026-08-3.82 17.17
14:51:51.34 +66:13:24.60  ASASSN-26ev  2026-08-2.15 14.02
12:06:50.79 -36:16:06.20  SN2026wgm  2026-08-1.73 15.61
16:56:36.90 -59:29:26.00  ASASSN-26er  2026-07-25.82 15.09
01:21:27.83 -10:37:05.00  SN2026vbh  2026-07-25.61 15.97
21:17:31.59 +22:25:50.90  ASASSN-26eq  2026-07-24.37 15.13
18:53:36.89 +16:56:43.60  ASASSN-26ep  2026-07-23.47 -4.06
12:18:47.98 -30:48:47.50  ASASSN-26et  2026-07-22.76 13.98
13:00:47.82 +15:42:17.60  SN2026uwk  2026-07-21.75 16.38
18:52:31.11 -32:28:00.90  ASASSN-26en  2026-07-21.77 14.63
14:42:58.01 -62:32:59.10  ASASSN-26es  2026-07-20.79 15.36
20:12:45.57 -32:53:13.00  ASASSN-26em  2026-07-20.94 16.83
18:54:24.33 -46:11:51.70  ASASSN-26eu  2026-07-20.93 14.86
03:18:56.99 -80:55:10.40  AT2026ugi  2026-07-20.03 17.12
18:43:58.40 +24:22:41.80  ASASSN-26eo  2026-07-19.36 16.16
04:50:01.03 -02:22:33.80  ASASSN-26ej  2026-07-16.17 17.02
18:34:55.28 -31:41:00.90  ASASSN-26ek  2026-07-16.24 15.73
17:07:43.61 -44:21:53.50  ASASSN-26el  2026-07-15.86 16.01
14:45:08.35 +24:13:12.30  ASASSN-26ei  2026-07-16.17 16.46
10:00:46.44 -32:36:31.10  AT 2023mhb  2026-07-14.73 16.67
14:39:37.45 -11:22:36.20  AT 2026unl  2026-07-15.27 17.11
10:49:42.57 -11:25:55.80  ASASSN-26eh  2026-07-14.72 16.58
19:33:53.06 -07:15:00.80  ASASSN-22le  2026-07-14.15 15.5
02:45:40.52 -27:55:30.30  ASASSN-26ef  2026-07-12.35 15.86
23:26:43.80 +04:42:39.70  SN 2026qtn  2026-07-12.22 16.47
02:19:17.26 +28:57:15.40  ASASSN-26ec  2026-07-11.53 2.78
18:31:15.56 -05:34:31.50  AT2026stb  2026-07-11.28 -1.29
13:36:08.24 +23:29:05.00  AT2026pjf  2026-07-10.18 -0.72
17:33:39.82 +04:22:36.70  SN2026pir  2026-07-9.86 -0.66
11:21:41.26 -50:33:36.30  ASASSN-26ed  2026-07-8.8 -1.3
23:41:42.11 +26:29:49.10  AT2026qil  2026-07-9.3 16.15
20:21:30.50 -32:03:40.10  ASASSN-26ee  2026-07-7.22 15.53
19:37:44.09 -05:35:42.80  AT2026ryu  2026-07-7.17 14.88
11:06:55.46 -04:07:04.50  AT2026qqg  2026-07-5.01 16.82
19:07:23.69 -74:13:37.30  AT2026qly  2026-07-5.02 17.31
17:57:43.80 +27:18:40.10  ASASSN-26ea  2026-07-5.07 16.67
19:59:01.43 -32:07:34.30  ASASSN-26eb  2026-07-4.97 15.52
18:46:50.35 -57:44:13.20  SN 2026qqp  2026-07-5.03 -0.92
19:17:31.69 -39:55:29.90  ASASSN-26dz  2026-07-5.14 15.91
19:14:31.37 +12:03:52.90  AT 2026rdg  2026-07-3.43 11.81
04:05:50.09 -70:24:34.40  AT 2026qpr  2026-06-30.4 15.96
13:45:37.49 -05:59:35.80  SN 2026pub  2026-06-30.09 16.01
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Truncated list of TOCP transients from http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html :
18:25:12.76 -22:25:29.3  TCP J18251276-2225293  2026-08-19.1062  9.4mag
18:03:09.04 +12:18:14.0  TCP J18030904+1218140  2026-08-19.5199  14.9mag
19:45:06.48 +18:22:42.2  PNV J19450648+1822422  2026-08-25.1278  9.0mag
00:42:54.65 +41:22:59.3  PNV J00425465+4122593  2026-08-25.4712  18.9mag
00:42:50.38 +41:18:58.76  PNV J00425038+4118587  2026-09-04.1512  18.2mag
00:42:12.76 +41:16:28.4  PNV J00421276+4116284  2026-09-10.9176  18.67Cmag
17:52:06.80 -23:43:20.7  TCP J17520680-2343207  2026-09-08.7896  12.6mag
00:42:40.94 +41:15:37.1  PNV J00424094+4115371  2026-09-17.8925  18.3mag
08:49:20.13 -09:19:15.8  TCP J08492013-0919158  2026-09-18.4698  13.3mag
00:42:13.93 +41:16:35.6  PNV J00421393+4116356  2026-09-22.6597  19.66Cmag
18:14:01.58 +15:13:55.5  TCP J18140158+1513555  2026-09-24.4645  14.1mag
00:42:36.61 +41:13:50.5  TCP J00423661+4113505  2026-09-29.7462  17.4mag
22:03:46.29 -11:07:57.8  TCP J22034629-1107578  2026-09-29.7438  14.51Cmag
22:05:02.06 +20:49:01.2  TCP J22050206+2049012  2026-10-03.5715  17.13Cmag
00:38:15.01 +41:14:47.2  TCP J00381501+4114472  2026-10-08.5978  17.72Cmag
01:06:05.83 +09:51:20.4  TCP J01060583+0951204  2026-10-10.8543  14.54Cmag
17:54:18.76 -27:36:36.2  TCP J17541876-2736362  2026-10-12.3993  10.8mag
09:56:00.79 +69:06:15.2  PNV J09560079+6906152  2026-10-14.9274  19.38Cmag
00:43:30.83 +41:26:55.3  PNV J00433083+4126553  2026-10-17.5651  18.61Cmag
04:57:32.08 +30:15:41.6  TCP J04573208+3015416  2026-10-17.7818  18.21Cmag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
23:08:00.390 +01:05:48.35  AT 2026adob  2026-08-14.51 21.57
21:19:02.174 -34:05:35.56  AT 2026adoa  2026-08-13.42 19.63
20:56:45.290 -18:05:02.80  AT 2026adnz  2026-08-12.41 20.46
23:25:40.588 -15:42:32.14  AT 2026adny  2026-08-12.51 21.4
23:33:37.029 -19:03:44.90  AT 2026adnx  2026-08-12.52 21.11
01:22:51.166 -16:32:34.62  AT 2026adnw  2026-08-12.58 21.2
16:49:59.712 -05:29:13.23  AT 2026adnv  2026-08-12.29 20.89
01:37:58.482 -13:53:51.39  AT 2026adnu  2026-08-12.57 20.08
23:58:51.491 -20:58:51.01  AT 2026adnt  2026-08-12.58 20.72
01:49:33.540 -13:10:41.72  AT 2026adns  2026-08-13.58 21.38
01:55:40.842 -13:23:28.49  AT 2026adnr  2026-08-12.58 21.06
01:59:56.676 -06:01:44.08  AT 2026adnq  2026-08-11.56 21.39
01:58:57.278 -07:10:27.79  AT 2026adnp  2026-08-11.55 21.15
17:12:42.440 +04:22:34.32  AT 2026adno  2026-08-11.33 20.81
16:41:24.276 +14:36:18.18  AT 2026adnn  2026-08-11.28 21.29
01:33:00.444 +35:48:10.03  AT 2026adnm  2026-08-09.60 21.02
16:15:27.436 -13:06:52.26  AT 2026adnl  2026-08-09.26 21.1
21:03:26.516 -27:11:33.79  AT 2026adnk  2026-08-09.38 20.89
19:52:57.783 -30:08:02.85  AT 2026adnj  2026-08-09.35 20.47
00:19:25.338 -09:01:03.19  AT 2026adni  2026-08-08.57 20.68
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Mon Oct 19 03:14:07 CDT 2026
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TIMING SExtractor: 2 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 0 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 3s (0.05 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 22s (0.37 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 1s (0.02 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 5s (0.08 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 0s (0.00 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 1s (0.02 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 2s (0.03 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 0s (0.00 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1: 34s (0.57 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 6 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 1 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 0 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 11s (0.18 min)
    WCS_CACHE_SETUP: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_CALIBRATION_AND_EPHEMERIS: 1s (0.02 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 9s (0.15 min)
    MAGCAL_SANITY_CHECK: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_MAGNITUDE_CONSOLIDATED: 0s (0.00 min)
      FILTER_FRAME_EDGE: 1s (0.02 min)
      FILTER_SECOND_EPOCH_VERIFY: 0s (0.00 min)
    CANDIDATE_FILTERING_TOTAL: 1s (0.02 min)
    EXCLUSION_LIST_PREPARATION: 0s (0.00 min)
    SEEING_AND_LIMITING_MAG: 0s (0.00 min)
    WAIT_FOR_UCAC5: 0s (0.00 min)
    WCS_IMAGE_ARCHIVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    HTML_REPORT: 2s (0.03 min)
  SE_CONFIG_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 24s (0.40 min)
FIELD_Cnc-01-Q2b1x1: 72s (1.20 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 74s (1.23 min)
Finished: Mon Oct 19 03:15:21 CDT 2026