FITS images used in this processing run:

Field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 reference image: Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 reference image: Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 second-epoch image: Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits

## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461058.63480514 18.01.2026 03:13:57.164   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
First image: 2461058.63480514 18.01.2026 03:13:57.164   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Last  image: 2461333.85519221 20.10.2026 08:31:18.607   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 0
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.04
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):  3427
Objects passed selection criteria:  3414
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.7    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 2391.25
Average stars matched: 2222.5 (92.943 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   230144 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  Tue Oct 20 03:33:37 CDT 2026
Host name: tau
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ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q2: 227 -> 288, 21.181% > 20%; fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits vs fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) - usually a bad plate solution on one of them, sometimes stars crossing a quadrant boundary when the two images are widely offset, rarely a transparency change; continuing processing
## VaST run with SExtractor config file default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ##
Images processed 4
Images used for photometry 4
Ref.  image: 2461058.63480514 18.01.2026 03:13:57.164   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
First image: 2461058.63480514 18.01.2026 03:13:57.164   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Last  image: 2461333.85519221 20.10.2026 08:31:18.607   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
JD time system (TT/UTC/UNKNOWN): UTC
Transient candidates found: 2
FILTER key from ref. img. header: CV
Magnitude scale: instrumental
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.72
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: 7 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):  22642
Objects passed selection criteria:  22598
Measurements per detected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.8    2.0    2    4
Measurements per selected object (mean, median, min, max):    2.8    2.0    2    4
Average stars detected per image: 17097.2
Average stars matched: 15749.5 (92.1172 %)
Memory usage VmPeak:   248112 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  Tue Oct 20 03:34:50 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
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HOSTNAME= tau
USER= 
HOME= 
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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: 
Eri-10-Q2b1x1
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########### Starting Eri-10-Q2b1x1 ###########
Processing Eri-10-Q2b1x1
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 201139 MB at /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir
server tau has sufficient free disk space available: 201139 MB at .
Checking input images (2 new)
REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
REFERENCE_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE= /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Small preview (one of the new images): 

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

MAKE_PNG_PLOTS=yes


renamed 'Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.png' -> 'transient_report/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits_preview.png'

Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits


renamed 'Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.png' -> 'transient_report/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits_preview.png'

Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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= 2375.1774
INFO:         REFERENCE_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 638.8810
INFO:    SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 5341.8223
INFO:            SECOND_EPOCH__FIRST_IMAGE_SD= 2748.7216
INFO:   SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_MEAN_VALUE= 5121.2478
INFO:           SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE_SD= 2439.4739
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INFO:      ref_to_second_epoch_img_mean_ratio= 2.24902
INFO:                  SECOND_EPOCH__SD_ratio= 0.127
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
ERROR: passing clouds (SD ratio=0.127 soft threshold=0.12)
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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 =     12.3900003433228 / [degC] Focuser temperature
AMBTEMP =                 11.7 / [degC] Ambient air temperature
Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 
CCD-TEMP= -0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/d_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits :)

Spent 0.476980 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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/d_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
EXPTIME =                 20.0 / [s] Exposure duration
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Exploring image header: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 
CCD-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
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Allocating memory for image, dark and result arrays...
Reading image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 9576 6388  16 bitpix
SET-TEMP= 0.000000 for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/d_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits :)

Spent 0.494979 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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/d_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
SECOND_EPOCH__SECOND_IMAGE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Previews of the CALIBRATED second-epoch images:


fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits



fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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: 2461333.85467618
Re-using ../asassn_transients_list.txt
'../asassn_transients_list.txt' -> 'asassn_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tocp_transients_list.txt
'../tocp_transients_list.txt' -> 'tocp_transients_list.txt'
Re-using ../tns_transients_list.txt
'../tns_transients_list.txt' -> 'tns_transients_list.txt'
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Image size: 941.7'x628.1'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Image size: 937.4'x625.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.212 -33:59:54.80 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91
Second-epoch image center 04:10:26.212 -33:59:54.80
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0009 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Image size: 937.4'x625.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91
Second-epoch image center 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0112 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  04:10:26.212 -33:59:54.80
Second-epoch second image center 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01128 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits &> /tmp/tmp.DAdnwj7OvW
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits &> /tmp/tmp.LrbsInaBFL
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.k1M46UN8h3
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.eHgL8uvkMY
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 4083 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.9200 to 72.8499 deg, Dec -39.3392 to -28.1196 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 52.9200 to 72.8499 deg, Dec -39.3392 to -28.1196 deg
Loaded 6553 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): 3378 out of 3451 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3451 out of 4083 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.653800
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.653800
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -8.04
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.61

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.61

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 4083 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.9200 to 72.8499 deg, Dec -39.3392 to -28.1196 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 52.9200 to 72.8499 deg, Dec -39.3392 to -28.1196 deg
Loaded 6553 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): 3378 out of 3451 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3451 out of 4083 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (aperture=5.9)
Read 4106 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.9200 to 72.8500 deg, Dec -39.3746 to -28.1197 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 52.9200 to 72.8500 deg, Dec -39.3746 to -28.1197 deg
Loaded 6567 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): 3401 out of 3482 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 3482 out of 4106 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (aperture=5.9)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 0 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 2.1 pix  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
 2.1 pix  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
 2.4 pix  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 14.6 mag.  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
 14.6 mag.  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
 13.8 mag.  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  13.8 (SNR )  10.7 (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.DAdnwj7OvW (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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=327, bad_region=899, passed=4083
Got 4083 stars (including 2924 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4083 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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.3 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2879 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2879 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.3 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2881 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2878 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3367 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 2878 stars left (next iteration limit 3166)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits N_match=2878 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.324 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.357 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.327 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.309 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.309 n_q1=934 n_q2=535 n_q3=954 n_q4=455 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.100
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2878 N_valid=2878 bias_ra_arcsec=0.001 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.000 median_sep_arcsec=0.290 p95_sep_arcsec=0.756 n_q1=934 n_q2=535 n_q3=954 n_q4=455 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits -region wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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.LrbsInaBFL (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=0, blended=328, bad_region=891, passed=4106
Got 4106 stars (including 2950 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 4106 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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2909 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2907 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 2907 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2907 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3399 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.27" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 2909 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2907 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3399 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 2907 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 3399 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Excluding outliers - 2907 stars left (next iteration limit 3197)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits N_match=2907 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.315 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.332 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.291 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.313 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.297 n_q1=942 n_q2=544 n_q3=960 n_q4=461 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.052
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=2907 N_valid=2907 bias_ra_arcsec=0.008 bias_dec_arcsec=0.010 median_sep_arcsec=0.284 p95_sep_arcsec=0.789 n_q1=942 n_q2=544 n_q3=960 n_q4=461 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -region wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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.k1M46UN8h3 (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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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=244, bad_region=357, passed=1962
Got 1962 stars (including 1411 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 1962 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1389 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1388 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1388 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1388 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1656 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1389 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1387 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1656 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.39" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1387 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1656 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.40" 
Excluding outliers - 1387 stars left (next iteration limit 1526)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1387 robust_rms=7.854 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.706 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.706 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1387 robust_rms=0.676 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.154 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.154 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1387 robust_rms=0.431 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.458 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.444 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1387 robust_rms_before=0.835 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.417 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.431 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.531 worst_region_rms_after=0.458 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.076 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.444
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.s0ug3q/candidate.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.s0ug3q/candidate.fits
Image size: 937.3'x625.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.196 -33:59:54.61 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 1962 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.s0ug3q/candidate.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction_1119241.cat.log'
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.s0ug3q/candidate.wcscat.xy2sky.YrWRGr' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction_1119241.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.835 -> 0.431 arcsec)
SIP_REFIT: re-matching the catalog with the refit solution (cycle 1, search radius 3.0 arcsec, 1387 pairs from the previous matching)
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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1326 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
SIP_REFIT: re-match found 1326 pairs (1387 from the previous matching)
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1326 robust_rms=7.886 arcsec worst_region_rms=17.073 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=17.073 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1326 robust_rms=0.679 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.232 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.232 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1326 robust_rms=0.432 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.456 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.454 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1326 robust_rms_before=0.432 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.432 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.432 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.459 worst_region_rms_after=0.456 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.459 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.454
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.mib06G/candidate.fits
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.mib06G/candidate.fits
Image size: 937.3'x625.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.196 -33:59:54.62 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 

 ### Converting SExtractor-derived pixel positions to celestial coordinates using xy2sky from WCSTools ###
 ### Converted positions of 1962 stars ###
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.mib06G/candidate.wcscat' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_before_xy2sky_correction_1119343.cat.log'
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.sip_refit.mib06G/candidate.wcscat.xy2sky.b8pQ4m' -> 'vast_debug_catalog_after_xy2sky_correction_1119343.cat.log'
SIP_REFIT: applied the refit solution (order 5, robust RMS 0.432 -> 0.432 arcsec)
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1326 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1656 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.37" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1326 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1653 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.36" 
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=1326 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.438 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.389 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.517 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.473 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.420 n_q1=388 n_q2=227 n_q3=456 n_q4=255 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.181
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=1326 N_valid=1326 bias_ra_arcsec=0.002 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.002 median_sep_arcsec=0.359 p95_sep_arcsec=0.932 n_q1=388 n_q2=227 n_q3=456 n_q4=255 occupied_cells_4x4=15/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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.eHgL8uvkMY (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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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=232, bad_region=364, passed=2035
Got 2035 stars (including 1485 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 2035 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.6)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1462 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1460 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1459 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1460 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 1462 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1459 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 1459 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 1742 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.41" 
Excluding outliers - 1459 stars left (next iteration limit 1606)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=1459 robust_rms=7.954 arcsec worst_region_rms=15.591 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=15.591 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=1459 robust_rms=0.727 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.870 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.870 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=1459 robust_rms=0.449 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.580 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.580 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=1459 robust_rms_before=0.875 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.418 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.449 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.526 worst_region_rms_after=0.580 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.114 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.580
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.526 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.526 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.418 arcsec matched=1459
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=1459 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.400 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.416 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.470 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.354 n_q1=422 n_q2=288 n_q3=468 n_q4=281 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.130
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=1459 N_valid=1459 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.251 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.033 median_sep_arcsec=0.715 p95_sep_arcsec=1.696 n_q1=422 n_q2=288 n_q3=468 n_q4=281 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits'
Saving the final (post-refit) wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits to local_wcs_cache/
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> 'local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits'
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# Pre-local-correction WCS quality summary (see WCS_QUALITY_DIAG lines above)
ref1=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits sigma_overall=0.324 worst_q_ratio=1.100
ref2=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits sigma_overall=0.315 worst_q_ratio=1.052
new1=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits sigma_overall=0.438 worst_q_ratio=1.181
new2=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits sigma_overall=0.416 worst_q_ratio=1.130
reference average sigma_overall=0.3195 worst_q_ratio=1.076
warn-on-ratio threshold: 2.0x reference
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ERROR: large change in astrometric-star counts between the two new images (q2: 227 -> 288, 21.181% > 20%; fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits vs fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits) - usually a bad plate solution on one of them, sometimes stars crossing a quadrant boundary when the two images are widely offset, rarely a transparency change; continuing processing

Astrometric residual vector field (catalog-matched stars):

plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082_astrometric_residuals.png (2878 matched stars from wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.29 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083_astrometric_residuals.png (2907 matched stars from wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.28 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185_astrometric_residuals.png (1326 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.33 arcsec)


plot_astrometric_residuals_xy.py: wrote wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186_astrometric_residuals.png (1459 matched stars from wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals, image 9576x6388, median residual 0.38 arcsec)


Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits'
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
INFO: FPACK_FULLY_CALIBRATED_IMAGE=no (not compressing the image)
'wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits' -> '/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits'
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
No candidates found here
Prepared the HTML report for the field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_onlybrightstars_v1 ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
wait
*------ default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
'default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL' -> 'default.sex'
Starting VaST with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL

  ./vast --noflagimage --starmatchraius 5 --matchstarnumber 500 --selectbestaperture --sysrem 0 --type 4 --maxsextractorflag 99 --UTC --nofind --nojdkeyword /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
  
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.cat to cache
SExtractor catalog cache: saved Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.cat to cache
VaST run complete with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The four input images were /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Found WCS cache directory local_wcs_cache
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Creating symlink local_wcs_cache/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking WCS cache directory /mnt/usb/NMW_NG/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /home/NMW_web_upload/solved_reference_images
Checking WCS cache directory /dataX/kirx/NMW_NG_rt3_autumn2019/solved_reference_images
Plate-solving the images
wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits exists and is non-empty
wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits exists and is non-empty
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (1st reference image)
verification OK: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Image size: 941.7'x628.1'  15.7(deg)x10.5(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.90"/pix along the X axis and 5.90"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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The image scale is 5.90"/pix, setting the soft and hard astrometric limits for filtering second-epoch detections: 5.9" and 8.9"
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits (1st new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Image size: 937.3'x625.2'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:26.196 -33:59:54.62 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the first second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91
Second-epoch image center 04:10:26.196 -33:59:54.62
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0010 deg.
Soft limit: 0.50 deg.  Hard limit: 1.00 deg.
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# fov_of_wcs_calibrated_image.sh output for wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits (2nd new image)
verification OK: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Image size: 937.4'x625.1'  15.6(deg)x10.4(deg)  9576x6388 pix
Image scale: 5.87"/pix along the X axis and 5.87"/pix along the Y axis
Image center: 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45 J2000 4789.000 3195.000 
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# Check the image center offset between the reference and the second second-epoch image (pointing accuracy)
Reference image center 04:10:26.279 -33:59:57.91
Second-epoch image center 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.0112 deg.
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# Check the image center offset between the first and the second second-epoch image (shift should be applied between the second-epoch images)
Second-epoch first image center  04:10:26.196 -33:59:54.62
Second-epoch second image center 04:10:23.166 -34:00:09.45
Angular distance between the image centers 0.01125 deg.
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Running solve_plate_with_UCAC5...
Preparing for a parallel run
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits &> /tmp/tmp.6I84bfolDF
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits &> /tmp/tmp.v8pBrjWSZe
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits &> /tmp/tmp.nwFKR330lK
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Running  util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 --no_photometric_catalog --iterations 2  /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits &> /tmp/tmp.rxkWmn1XZ9
Parallel run for /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Calibrating the magnitude scale
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
____ Start of magnitude calibration ____
PHOTOMETRIC_CALIBRATION=TYCHO2_V
Calibrating the magnitude scale with Tycho-2 stars
util/transients/transient_factory_test31.sh is checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
wait (drain background util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 jobs before Tycho-2 calibration -- avoids wcs_.fits write race)
Tycho-2 catalog is found at lib/catalogs/tycho2
Tycho-2 catalog and the derived bright star exclusion list are ready
Checking for the presence of non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
Found non-empty wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits and wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat
The reference image (wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits) and catalog (wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat) found
'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat' -> 'wcsmag.cat'
Read 26277 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.8260 to 72.8618 deg, Dec -39.3736 to -28.1196 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 52.8260 to 72.8618 deg, Dec -39.3736 to -28.1196 deg
Loaded 6597 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): 4820 out of 5042 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5042 out of 26277 detected stars.
The calibration function type and coefficients are written to calib.txt_param
util/calibrate_magnitude_scale 0.000000 1.000000 22.505150
a=0.000000 b=1.000000 c=22.505150
From vast_summary.log: estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  -7.72
Updating vast_summary.log: Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.79

Updated vast_limiting_magnitude.log with calibrated magnitudes
Working...
Please, PLEASE, be patient!!!
All lightcurves processed!  =)
Estimated ref. image limiting mag.:  14.79

Lightcurve magnitude calibration plot:


Preparing per-reference-image forced-photometry calibration (method=tycho2 band=V)
Read 26277 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.8260 to 72.8618 deg, Dec -39.3736 to -28.1196 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 52.8260 to 72.8618 deg, Dec -39.3736 to -28.1196 deg
Loaded 6597 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): 4820 out of 5042 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5042 out of 26277 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00001.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (aperture=4.5)
Read 26206 stars from the SExtractor catalog wcsmag.cat
Detected star coordinate range: RA 52.8252 to 72.8619 deg, Dec -39.3840 to -28.1197 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 52.8252 to 72.8619 deg, Dec -39.3840 to -28.1197 deg
Loaded 6602 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): 4816 out of 5048 total matches.
Matched with Tycho-2 5048 out of 26206 detected stars.
util/calibrate_single_image_with_tycho2.sh: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits via Tycho-2

Single-image forced-photometry magnitude calibration plot for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits:


Forced-photometry filter: reusing the VaST-run aperture from image00002.cat.aperture for wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Forced-photometry filter: calibrated wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -> calib.txt_param_ref_wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (aperture=4.6)
____ End of magnitude calibration ____
Applying consolidated magnitude filters...
Preparing the exclusion lists for this field
Done with filtering
Found 2 candidate transients before the final filtering.  (Hard limit: 10000)
Median FWHM seeing for isolated stars:
 1.9 pix  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
 1.9 pix  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
 2.2 pix  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Limiting magnitude estimates:
 14.8 mag.  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
 14.8 mag.  Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
 14.2 mag.  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
 14.1 mag.  fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
All-image limiting magnitude estimate:  14.1 (SNR )  13.4 (80% of stars)  with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
The first estimate is the magnitude of a star detected with a signal-to-noise ratio of  following Karpov (2025, Acta Polytechnica, 65, 50). 
This value should be representative of the faintest stars clearly visible in the image. 
The brighter of the limiting magnitude estimates for the two second-epoch images is reported here.
The second estimate is the 80th percentile of the magnitude distribution of stars detected on all four images.
This value is representative of the faintest object that may enter the candidate transients list.
The hard cut-off for the candidate transients is 15.5 mag.
Waiting for UCAC5 plate solver
wait
############ /tmp/tmp.6I84bfolDF (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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=1, blended=820, bad_region=4469, passed=26276
Got 26276 stars (including 21112 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26276 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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4911 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 

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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4915 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.30" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4911 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22757 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.31" 
Excluding outliers - 4911 stars left (next iteration limit 5402)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits N_match=4911 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.331 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.347 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.311 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.324 n_q1=1694 n_q2=853 n_q3=1599 n_q4=765 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.049
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4911 N_valid=4911 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.003 bias_dec_arcsec=0.000 median_sep_arcsec=0.300 p95_sep_arcsec=0.771 n_q1=1694 n_q2=853 n_q3=1599 n_q4=765 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits -region wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.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.v8pBrjWSZe (6) ############
Parsing command line arguments...
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits 573.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WARNING from replace_file_with_symlink_if_filename_contains_white_spaces() the input file /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is already a symlink and we do not allow symlinks on symlinks
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
It's a known telescope with plate solutions that are supposed to be good.
The input image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits has a WCS header - will blindly trust it is good...
'/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits' -> 'wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits'
This WCS solution (astrometrynet) will be kept as is, not refit by util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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=829, bad_region=4439, passed=26201
Got 26201 stars (including 21067 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 26201 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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4916 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4913 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22689 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.28" 

ITERATION 02 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
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 253 to 311 (Dec -39.4 to -28.1)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4916 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22689 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4913 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 22689 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.29" 
Excluding outliers - 4913 stars left (next iteration limit 5404)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: util/identify.sh trusts the WCS of wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits (astrometrynet) - keeping it, no refit (set VAST_FORCE_SIP_REFIT=1 to refit anyway)
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits N_match=4913 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.314 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.325 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.292 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.316 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.306 n_q1=1688 n_q2=857 n_q3=1610 n_q4=758 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.036
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4913 N_valid=4913 bias_ra_arcsec=0.009 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.003 median_sep_arcsec=0.297 p95_sep_arcsec=0.777 n_q1=1688 n_q2=857 n_q3=1610 n_q4=758 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/reference_imgs/Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits -region wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.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.nwFKR330lK (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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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=1, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=17, blended=527, bad_region=2294, passed=14668
Got 14668 stars (including 11922 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 14668 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.3'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.3 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013018 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010414 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4876 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4883 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4876 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 12820 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Excluding outliers - 4876 stars left (next iteration limit 5363)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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=4876 robust_rms=7.022 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.543 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.543 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4876 robust_rms=0.765 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.249 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.249 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4876 robust_rms=0.532 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.656 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.656 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4876 robust_rms_before=0.535 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.495 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.532 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.629 worst_region_rms_after=0.656 outer_annulus_rms_before=0.663 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.656
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.629 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.629 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.495 arcsec matched=4876
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits N_match=4876 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.495 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.499 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.492 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.526 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.444 n_q1=1520 n_q2=857 n_q3=1560 n_q4=939 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.063
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4876 N_valid=4876 bias_ra_arcsec=0.007 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.006 median_sep_arcsec=0.442 p95_sep_arcsec=1.264 n_q1=1520 n_q2=857 n_q3=1560 n_q4=939 occupied_cells_4x4=15/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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.rxkWmn1XZ9 (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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/util/wcs_image_calibration.sh /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits 605.0
Entering WCS image calibration mode.
ORIGINAL_FITSFILE=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE before on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
FITSFILE after on_the_fly=/data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
verification OK: /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS_IMAGE_NAME=wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS-calibrated image found: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Checking if the catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits alredy exist and is non-empty...
Catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat corresponding to the image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits found.
The catalog is in the new format, as expected.
The plate-solved (WCS-calibrated) image is saved to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 is preparing to read a catalog corresponding to the image /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
WCS catalog name: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat 
Excluding image region:    -1.0    -1.0     1.0     1.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  7500.0     0.0  9576.0  6388.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1122.0  1550.0  1124.0  1552.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1637.0  2824.0  1639.0  2826.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1831.0  2839.0  1833.0  2841.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  1905.0  4570.0  1907.0  4572.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2012.0  4693.0  2014.0  4695.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2397.0  4241.0  2399.0  4243.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding image region:  2679.0  2807.0  2681.0  2809.0  (defined in bad_region.lst)
Excluding more image regions!.. (will not print them all)
Excluded a total of 31 image regions  (defined in bad_region.lst).
SExtractor catalog parsing summary: zero_flux=0, no_flux_err=0, no_mag=0, no_mag_err=0, low_SNR=18, blended=546, bad_region=2332, passed=15257
Got 15257 stars (including 12456 good ones) from the SExtractor catalog wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat 
util/solve_plate_with_UCAC5 got 15257 stars from the SExtractor catalog
Updated FoV from the plate-solved image: 937.4'
Seting catalog search parameters based on the expected field of view 937.4 arcmin
UCAC5 catalog search parameters:
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_deg= 0.013019 (46.9 arcsec)
                    catalog_search_parameters->brightest_mag= 1.00
                    catalog_search_parameters->faintest_mag= 13.50
                    catalog_search_parameters->search_radius_second_step_deg 0.010416 (37.5 arcsec)

ITERATION 01 -- talking to VizieR, this might be slow!
UCAC5 search strategy: trying local copy first
Found a local copy of UCAC5
UCAC5 local query limit 5000: matching up to 5000 detected stars, deepening the UCAC5 window to mag 15.50
Reading UCAC5 zone files...
Searching UCAC5 zones 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4892 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 4886 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 
Removing outliers...
Correcting the measured astrometric positions...
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4886 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.45" 

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 253 to 309 (Dec -39.3 to -28.5)
Done reading UCAC5 zone files...
Matched 4891 stars with the local copy of UCAC5.
The local UCAC5 search seems to be a success
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.46" 
Accuracy estimation diagnostic: 4885 matched stars entering correct_measured_positions(), 13529 with non-zero local correction accuracy
Estimated accuracy of the plate solution: 0.47" 
Excluding outliers - 4885 stars left (next iteration limit 5374)
Stop iterations.


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

SIP_REFIT: wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits is a symbolic link - will not rewrite the WCS of whatever it points to, but will still refit the output catalog positions
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 2 trial: matched=4885 robust_rms=7.386 arcsec worst_region_rms=14.607 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=14.607 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 3 trial: matched=4885 robust_rms=0.758 arcsec worst_region_rms=1.151 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=1.151 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: SIP order 5 trial: matched=4885 robust_rms=0.534 arcsec worst_region_rms=0.709 arcsec outer_annulus_rms=0.709 arcsec
SIP_REFIT: selected SIP order 5
SIP_REFIT: order=5 matched=4885 robust_rms_before=0.907 arcsec robust_rms_before_corrected=0.485 arcsec robust_rms_after=0.534 arcsec worst_region_rms_before=0.627 worst_region_rms_after=0.709 outer_annulus_rms_before=1.163 outer_annulus_rms_after=0.709
SIP_REFIT: refit does not sufficiently improve on the solution it would replace (best worst-region baseline 0.627 arcsec) - keeping the original
SIP_REFIT_REJECTED: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits worst_region_rms_kept=0.627 arcsec robust_rms_kept=0.485 arcsec matched=4885
WCS_QUALITY_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits N_match=4885 sigma_overall_arcsec=0.475 sigma_q1_arcsec=0.465 sigma_q2_arcsec=0.485 sigma_q3_arcsec=0.534 sigma_q4_arcsec=0.411 n_q1=1445 n_q2=992 n_q3=1447 n_q4=1001 worst_quadrant_to_overall_ratio=1.125
WCS_HEADER_DIAG: file=fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits selection=current_pairs N_selected=4885 N_valid=4885 bias_ra_arcsec=-0.243 bias_dec_arcsec=-0.005 median_sep_arcsec=0.753 p95_sep_arcsec=1.769 n_q1=1445 n_q2=992 n_q3=1447 n_q4=1001 occupied_cells_4x4=16/16
The image catalog is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ucac5
The DS9 region file with the matched stars is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
You may view it with the command:
 ds9 /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits -region wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.ds9.reg
The astrometric residuals vector field is written to wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits.wcscat.astrometric_residuals
Option '-n' not using photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
opt '-i': 2 is the maximum number of iterations
FORCED_PHOTOMETRY_CALIBRATION_METHOD=tycho2 - not using remote photometric catalogs, just stick with astrometry
Skipping WCS quality comparison: not the first SExtractor pass (default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL)
Copying WCS-calibrated images back to input directory
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Saving fully-calibrated image wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.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_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/wcs_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits
Preparing the HTML report for the field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits at 04:21:57.87 -30:41:39.9:  12.89 +/- 0.04  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-13-57_20.00sec_-14.90C_LIGHT_0082.fits at 04:08:16.01 -35:23:15.2:  12.78 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 04:21:57.87 -30:41:39.9:  12.98 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry on wcs_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-01-17_21-14-40_20.00sec_-15.00C_LIGHT_0083.fits at 04:08:16.01 -35:23:15.2:  12.88 +/- 0.05  detection
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.83 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry reference-image weighted average:  12.93 +/- 0.03
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:21:57.87 -30:41:39.9: ref_mag=12.93 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=13.1619 delta=-0.23 (need > 0.90)
Forced photometry filter REJECTED candidate at 04:08:16.01 -35:23:15.2: ref_mag=12.83 +/- 0.03 new_mean_mag=12.8225 delta=0.01 (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 31525_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186
The candidate 31525_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 20.35468    2461333.85468    13.25    04:21:57.89 -30:41:39.6   6298 5166   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 20.35519    2461333.85519    13.10    04:21:57.86 -30:41:40.1   6305 5169   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits

  
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Considering the candidate 31528_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186
The candidate 31528_fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186 did not pass the final checks
Discovery image 1     2026 10 20.35468    2461333.85468    12.83    04:08:15.99 -35:23:14.6   4518 2358   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-30-34_20.00sec_-0.00C_LIGHT_0185.fits
Discovery image 2     2026 10 20.35519    2461333.85519    12.80    04:08:16.02 -35:23:15.8   4525 2360   /data_ssd/NMW-TexasTech/workdir//img_2026-10-20_CI_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_033156_TTUQ2b1x1_1111709_O2sZ37tQ/fd_Eri-10-Q2b1x1_2026-10-20_03-31-18_20.00sec_0.00C_LIGHT_0186.fits

make_report_in_HTML.sh Phase 2 (HTML assembly): 0s
make_report_in_HTML.sh TOTAL: 2s
Prepared the HTML report for the field Eri-10-Q2b1x1 with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL
*------ done with default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL ------*
#### The local exclusion list is exclusion_list_local.txt ####
########### Completed Eri-10-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)2461333.85467618 -observatory V36
15:05:11.83 -20:43:12.2 Mercury (0.2mag)
13:51:37.46 -19:01:04.2 Venus (-4.2mag)
09:00:10.16 +18:27:12.7 Mars (1.0mag)
09:39:50.00 +14:39:59.4 Jupiter (-1.9mag)
00:39:56.01 +01:21:22.6 Saturn (0.4mag)
04:11:02.59 +20:55:19.3 Uranus (5.6mag)
00:09:29.94 -00:31:00.5 Neptune (7.7mag)
20:24:10.08 -23:43:10.2 Pluto (14.5mag)
21:08:31.60 -17:48:21.6 Moon (-10.8mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 362 Oct 20 03:33 planets.txt
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Positions of selected moons from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461333.85467618:
09:39:44.01 +14:40:33.7 Io (6.1mag)
09:39:40.69 +14:40:52.6 Europa (6.2mag)
09:39:59.53 +14:39:06.2 Ganymede (5.6mag)
09:40:12.75 +14:37:54.8 Callisto (6.8mag)
09:40:15.05 +14:57:20.0 Himalia (15.6mag)
09:39:51.78 +14:39:50.7 Thebe (16.4mag)
09:38:50.47 +15:03:26.7 Elara (17.5mag)
09:41:40.39 +14:03:50.2 Pasiphae (17.8mag)
09:37:48.23 +15:09:11.9 Carme (18.8mag)
00:40:08.16 +01:21:06.3 Titan (8.2mag)
00:39:59.57 +01:21:16.4 Rhea (9.6mag)
00:39:49.08 +01:19:14.5 Iapetus (11.0mag)
00:40:11.00 +01:20:54.1 Hyperion (14.1mag)
00:38:11.70 +01:08:57.4 Phoebe (16.4mag)
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 568 Oct 20 03:33 moons.txt
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Positions of selected spacecraft from JPL HORIZONS for JD(UT)2461333.85467618:
03:39:33.26 +20:26:02.1 JWST
19:02:07.52 +04:16:44.2 Chandra
06:57:04.50 -02:10:40.6 XMM-Newton
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 96 Oct 20 03:33 spacecraft.txt
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Positions of bright comets computed with util/comet_finder/main.py for JD(UT)2461333.85467618 -observatory V36
03:42:35.05 +20:10:37.9 17.1mag P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist)
07:40:42.03 +37:27:13.2 18.0mag P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill)
07:40:46.99 +37:27:00.6 18.0mag P/2004 V5-A (LINEAR-Hill)
07:40:08.23 +37:27:12.0 18.0mag P/2004 V5-B (LINEAR-Hill)
05:02:04.71 +41:04:36.0 18.0mag P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski)
18:33:10.13 -33:16:25.5 14.8mag P/2010 H2 (Vales)
07:42:53.47 -72:59:36.5 17.2mag C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
06:14:35.12 +34:54:40.1 17.7mag C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
04:44:17.22 +48:17:51.1 17.5mag P/2021 N1 (ZTF)
07:33:10.40 +25:23:04.4 16.9mag C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
09:05:35.13 +36:40:43.9 16.3mag C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
18:29:30.39 +41:10:34.8 17.4mag C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)
05:46:02.46 -13:39:46.9 16.5mag C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)
12:34:08.39 +15:15:51.5 16.0mag C/2025 V2 (Rankin)
14:00:11.74 -03:27:48.3 16.4mag C/2025 Y1 (ATLAS)
19:19:26.57 +61:12:39.4 15.6mag C/2026 A2 (Bok)
02:25:56.49 +41:52:02.4 17.9mag C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)
12:54:15.83 +15:13:00.5 17.7mag A/2026 E1
16:26:00.00 -48:42:42.2 13.4mag P/2026 R2 (Leonard)
00:04:10.12 +17:25:10.5 17.3mag 2P/Encke
23:08:33.88 -29:34:05.9 14.9mag 10P/Tempel
02:22:47.58 +36:35:29.9 16.5mag 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
12:17:10.87 -08:53:41.9 16.3mag 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
00:17:03.87 -09:03:38.8 15.7mag 65P/Gunn
07:46:49.52 +15:03:00.5 13.9mag 78P/Gehrels
02:50:29.86 +13:52:05.2 17.8mag 88P/Howell
08:11:24.79 +42:40:10.6 17.0mag 112P/Urata-Niijima
09:22:48.81 +10:52:58.4 17.7mag 114P/Wiseman-Skiff
11:59:13.73 +11:12:43.9 14.8mag 123P/West-Hartley
14:29:38.37 -34:40:07.1 17.9mag 124P/Mrkos
20:38:42.89 +09:19:26.6 9.8mag 161P/Hartley-IRAS
10:40:33.74 -00:21:56.4 15.1mag 169P/NEAT
03:23:19.43 +03:30:52.5 15.0mag 220P/McNaught
06:14:53.88 +47:06:55.9 15.5mag 260P/McNaught
07:40:02.45 +25:23:18.8 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 :
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
05:21:07.64 +23:38:21.3  TCP J05210764+2338213  2026-10-18.4020  10.3mag
05:34:11.01 +28:45:30.5  TCP J05341101+2845305  2026-10-18.3604  16.6mag
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Truncated list of recent TNS transients from https://www.wis-tns.org/ :
17:38:31.186 +18:30:10.49  AT 2026adsg  2026-09-16.24 21.08
02:38:30.508 +14:20:10.13  AT 2026adsf  2026-09-16.47 21.13
21:01:50.495 -11:04:43.78  AT 2026adse  2026-09-16.33 20.66
22:40:36.965 +36:00:57.31  AT 2026adsd  2026-09-15.33 21.03
20:29:31.284 -09:22:48.18  AT 2026adsc  2026-09-15.25 20.68
04:00:47.054 +03:08:00.78  AT 2026adsb  2026-09-15.59 21.17
23:21:37.454 -06:24:04.42  AT 2026adsa  2026-09-15.43 21.69
21:43:02.178 -25:47:01.42  AT 2026adrz  2026-09-14.32 21.3
20:57:20.822 -25:14:48.82  AT 2026adry  2026-09-14.28 20.6
22:51:46.176 -08:40:45.61  AT 2026adrx  2026-09-13.38 21.36
22:52:36.805 -08:37:53.76  AT 2026adrw  2026-09-13.38 21.06
22:26:35.160 +17:20:40.21  AT 2026adrv  2026-09-13.47 21.11
22:08:36.475 +20:04:04.09  AT 2026adru  2026-09-13.46 21.26
01:06:12.958 -14:11:00.23  AT 2026adrt  2026-09-13.51 21.68
21:35:10.258 -18:27:45.66  AT 2026adrs  2026-09-13.33 20.83
20:56:09.838 -21:55:23.62  AT 2026adrr  2026-09-13.26 20.88
21:18:11.360 -21:30:33.58  AT 2026adrq  2026-09-13.33 21.32
21:34:57.524 -02:14:57.96  AT 2026adrp  2026-09-13.31 21.47
00:18:17.254 +01:56:38.59  AT 2026adro  2026-09-12.56 21.44
00:27:41.784 -19:28:47.90  AT 2026adrn  2026-09-12.50 20.8
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=== Transient Factory Profiling ===
Started: Tue Oct 20 03:33:20 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: 51s (0.85 min)
    PLATE_VERIFY_AND_POINTING: 0s (0.00 min)
    UCAC5_PLATE_SOLVING: 0s (0.00 min)
    MAGNITUDE_CALIBRATION: 12s (0.20 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: 0s (0.00 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: 68s (1.13 min)
TIMING SExtractor: 5 seconds
TIMING matching_and_photometry: 0 seconds
TIMING lightcurve_write: 1 seconds
TIMING select_aperture: 1 seconds
    VAST_RUN_default.sex.telephoto_lens_vSTL: 7s (0.12 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: 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: 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: 19s (0.32 min)
FIELD_Eri-10-Q2b1x1: 100s (1.67 min)
=======================================
TOTAL_RUNTIME: 102s (1.70 min)
Finished: Tue Oct 20 03:35:02 CDT 2026