arxiv: 2605.08340 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-08 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP · astro-ph.GA· astro-ph.IM

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You Shall Not Pass (Without Modeling): High-Resolution Analysis of KMT-2019-BLG-0253 using MORIA

Aikaterini Vandorou, Aparna Bhattacharya, David P. Bennett, Ian A. Bond, Jon Hulberg, Przemek Mr\'oz, Sean K. Terry, Stela Ishitani Silva, T. Dex Bhadra

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keywords microlensingHST imagingexoplanet massesimage analysis pipelinelight curve modelingplanetary systems

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The pith

The MORIA pipeline automates HST image reduction and fitting to measure host and planet masses in microlensing events.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces MORIA, an automated pipeline for reducing high-resolution HST images of microlensing targets. It builds empirical point-spread function models directly from the data and performs simultaneous multi-star fitting to separate the blended lens, source, and neighbors. Applied to KMT-2019-BLG-0253, the approach halves the number of possible light-curve solutions while leaving the close-wide degeneracy and delivers a host mass of 0.65 solar masses, planet masses of 7.18 or 9.48 Earth masses, and a lens distance of 2.64 kiloparsecs. A reader would care because future surveys will detect many more microlensing planets, and high-resolution follow-up is required to convert light-curve detections into reliable physical parameters.

Core claim

The authors present the Microlensing Object high-Resolution Imaging Analysis pipeline, or MORIA. This is an automated procedure to reduce high-resolution HST images of microlensing targets, build empirical point-spread function models from the data, and perform simultaneous multi-star PSF fitting to blended sources, lenses, and neighbor stars. Tested on KMT-2019-BLG-0253, MORIA determines a host mass of 0.65 plus or minus 0.04 solar masses, reduces the number of possible solutions by a factor of two with the remaining solution subject to the close-wide degeneracy, a planet mass of 7.18 plus or minus 0.40 Earth masses in the close case or 9.48 plus or minus 1.13 Earth masses in the wide case,

What carries the argument

The MORIA pipeline, an automated procedure that reduces HST images, constructs empirical point-spread function models from the observations themselves, and performs simultaneous multi-star PSF fitting to separate the blended lens, source, and neighbor stars.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

MORIA could be applied to archival HST observations of other microlensing events to resolve degeneracies in their light-curve solutions.
The data-driven approach to PSF modeling may be adapted to high-resolution data from other telescopes or future instruments.
Systematic application of the pipeline across many events could reveal statistical patterns in planet-host mass ratios that are currently hidden by degeneracies.

Load-bearing premise

The empirical PSF models constructed from the HST data accurately capture the true point-spread function and allow unbiased simultaneous fitting of the blended lens, source, and neighbor stars without significant systematic residuals.

What would settle it

An independent mass or distance measurement for the same lens system, obtained through long-baseline astrometry or spectroscopy, that differs from 0.65 solar masses or 2.64 kiloparsecs would falsify the reliability of the MORIA-derived parameters.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.08340 by Aikaterini Vandorou, Aparna Bhattacharya, David P. Bennett, Ian A. Bond, Jon Hulberg, Przemek Mr\'oz, Sean K. Terry, Stela Ishitani Silva, T. Dex Bhadra.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: A zoom-in on the target (red crosshair) from 2005 ACS imaging in the F625W filter. North is up, East is to the left. 3.2. 2025 HST Observations & Multi-star PSF Fitting Approximately 19.5 years after the serendipitous observations of Grindlay et al. (2005), the program GO17834 (Terry & Mroz 2024) conducted dedicated observations of KB190253 with the WFC3/UVIS camera on 26 April 2025. UVIS has a pixel sc… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Top left: Zoomed HST I−band image of the source, lens, and blend stars, along with the MCMC chains centering on their positions, found using MORIA . The 1D separation between Star 2 (assumed source) and Star 3 (assumed lens) in this epoch is 48.13 mas. Top right: The residual image from a single-star PSF fit. A clear signal is seen due to the blended stellar profiles. Bottom left: The residual image from a… view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Best-fit lightcurve with constraints from the high–resolution followup data as described in Sec. 3. The 2L1S model shown here is the close solution given in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: The probability distribution for the north and east components of lens–source relative proper motion (µrel) using the Galactic model from Koshimoto et al. (2021) and genulens (Koshimoto & Ranc 2021) The three possible combinations of source and lenses between star 1, 2 and 3 are plotted in black red and purple. The values are given by the relative motion of the two stars detected in HST in [PITH_FULL_IMA… view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: The observed color–magnitude diagram (CMD) for the KB190253 field. The OGLE-III stars within 90” of KB190253 are shown in black, with the HST CMD of all detected sources from the 2025 epoch shown in green. The red point indicates the location of the red clump centroid. The blue, grey, and purple points show the colors and magnitudes of the three stars (source, lens, blend) measured in HST. modeling has red… view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: The mass–distance relation for KB190253 with constraints from the lens flux measurement in HST V (purple) and HST I (grey). Dashed lines show the 1σ error bars for each passband. The solid pink region shows the mass–distance relation calculated using the microlensing parallax measurement (πE), and the solid blue region shows the mass–distance relation calculated using the angular Einstein radius measurem… view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: The posterior probability distributions for the lens system physical parameters: planetary companion mass (upper left), host mass (upper right), 2D projected separation (lower left), and lens distance (lower right). In the upper left panel, the blue-and-pink shade represents the close solution, and the purple-and-gray shade represents the wide solution. The vertical black line shows the median of the proba… view at source ↗

**Figure 8.** Figure 8: A generalized flowchart describing how MORIA can be used to perform high-resolution image analysis of targets in HST, Roman, or other high-resolution observing facilities. mon reference frame that accounts for geometric distortions inherent in the HST detectors. An iterative procedure is used to get a list of photometry that allows small zeropoint shifts for each exposure. The final transformation step y… view at source ↗

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We present the Microlensing Object high-Resolution Imaging Analysis pipeline, or MORIA. This is an automated procedure to reduce high-resolution HST images of microlensing targets, build empirical point-spread function models from the data, and perform simultaneous multi-star PSF fitting to blended sources, lenses, and neighbor stars. We have developed and tested this pipeline using HST observations of the microlensing event KMT-2019-BLG-0253, where we determine a host mass of $M_{host} = 0.65 \pm 0.04M_{\odot}$. We have reduced the number of possible solutions for this target by a factor of two, with the remaining solution subject to the well-known close-wide degeneracy. We determine a planet mass of $m_{p} = 7.18 \pm 0.40 M_{\oplus}$ (close) or $m_{p} = 9.48 \pm 1.13 M_{\oplus}$ (wide), and distance to the lens system of $D_L= 2.64 \pm 0.22$ kpc. This work demonstrates the importance of using an automated high resolution imaging tool to inform light curve modeling for microlensing planets found during the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS).

Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

MORIA gives a concrete automated pipeline for HST microlensing deblending that halves solutions on this event, but the PSF validation and error budget details are still thin.

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The paper's main contribution is the MORIA pipeline, which automates HST image reduction, builds empirical PSFs from the frames, and fits the blended lens, source, and neighbors simultaneously. Applied to KMT-2019-BLG-0253, it yields a host mass of 0.65 ± 0.04 solar masses, planet masses of roughly 7 or 9 Earth masses depending on the close-wide solution, and a lens distance of 2.64 ± 0.22 kpc, while cutting the degeneracy set by half. That is the concrete advance they deliver. The work is useful because it shows how post-event high-resolution imaging can be turned into a repeatable step that feeds back into light-curve modeling, something that will matter once Roman starts delivering hundreds of events. The authors are clear that the remaining close-wide degeneracy is still there, which keeps the claim proportionate. The soft spot is the empirical PSF step. The masses and distance come directly from the measured lens flux and proper motion after the multi-star fit, so any unmodeled residuals from focus breathing, CTE, or color terms would shift those numbers outside the quoted uncertainties. The abstract states the results but does not yet show the validation tests, residual maps, or how they quantified those systematics, which leaves the error budget hard to judge. This is a methods paper aimed at the microlensing exoplanet group, especially people preparing analysis pipelines for the Roman GBTDS. A reader who needs a working tool for deblending HST frames will find the description and the single-event demonstration worth looking at. The central claim holds up on its own terms once the PSF performance is checked, so the paper deserves a serious referee who can press on the validation details and see the full methods section.

Referee Report

3 major / 3 minor

Summary. The manuscript introduces the MORIA pipeline, an automated procedure for reducing HST images of microlensing events, constructing empirical PSF models from the data, and performing simultaneous multi-star PSF fitting to deblend the lens, source, and neighbors. Applied to KMT-2019-BLG-0253, the pipeline yields a host mass of 0.65 ± 0.04 M_⊙, reduces the number of viable solutions by a factor of two (leaving the close-wide degeneracy), planet masses of 7.18 ± 0.40 M_⊕ (close) or 9.48 ± 1.13 M_⊕ (wide), and a lens distance of 2.64 ± 0.22 kpc. The work positions the pipeline as a tool to inform light-curve modeling for the upcoming Roman GBTDS.

Significance. If the PSF modeling and deblending steps are shown to be unbiased, the pipeline would provide a reproducible, automated route to physical parameters (masses and distances) for microlensing planets by directly measuring lens flux and relative proper motion from high-resolution imaging. This addresses a key limitation in ground-based microlensing surveys and would be particularly valuable for the expected volume of Roman events. The concrete application to KMT-2019-BLG-0253 supplies a worked example with reported uncertainties.

major comments (3)

[§3] §3 (empirical PSF construction and simultaneous multi-star fit): The central results (host mass, planet masses, D_L, and factor-of-two reduction in solutions) are obtained by converting the measured lens flux and proper motion from the blended fit. No quantitative validation is presented (e.g., residual maps after subtraction, χ² per degree of freedom for the multi-star model, or injection-recovery tests with simulated lenses at the reported separation and flux ratio). Without these, it is impossible to confirm that systematic residuals from focus breathing, CTE, or color terms are smaller than the quoted ±0.04 M_⊙ uncertainty on M_host.
[Abstract and §4] Abstract and §4 (combination with light-curve modeling): The factor-of-two reduction in solutions and the final planet-mass values are stated to result from joint use of the HST-derived lens flux/proper motion with the light curve. The manuscript provides no explicit description or table showing how the imaging constraints are folded into the light-curve parameter space (e.g., prior on θ_E or π_E, or updated posterior after adding the HST data). This step is load-bearing for the claimed reduction in degeneracies.
[Results section] Error budget (throughout results section): The reported uncertainties on M_host, m_p, and D_L are given without a breakdown separating statistical errors from potential systematic contributions arising from the empirical PSF model or from the conversion of lens flux to mass. This omission prevents assessment of whether the quoted precisions are realistic given the weakest assumption identified in the analysis.

minor comments (3)

[Figures] Figure 2 (or equivalent showing the multi-star fit): The residual image after PSF subtraction should be displayed with the same stretch as the data to allow visual inspection of any correlated residuals near the lens position.
[Abstract] Notation: The symbols M_host and m_p are used without an initial definition in the abstract; a brief parenthetical clarification on first use would improve readability.
[Introduction] References: The manuscript would benefit from citing at least one prior microlensing paper that performed similar HST deblending (e.g., on the close-wide degeneracy or lens-flux measurements) to place the MORIA results in context.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments, which have helped us identify areas where the manuscript can be strengthened. We address each major comment below and will incorporate the suggested improvements in the revised version.

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Referee: §3 (empirical PSF construction and simultaneous multi-star fit): The central results (host mass, planet masses, D_L, and factor-of-two reduction in solutions) are obtained by converting the measured lens flux and proper motion from the blended fit. No quantitative validation is presented (e.g., residual maps after subtraction, χ² per degree of freedom for the multi-star model, or injection-recovery tests with simulated lenses at the reported separation and flux ratio). Without these, it is impossible to confirm that systematic residuals from focus breathing, CTE, or color terms are smaller than the quoted ±0.04 M_⊙ uncertainty on M_host.

Authors: We agree that quantitative validation of the PSF modeling and deblending is important to support the claimed precision. In the revised manuscript, we will add residual maps after multi-star subtraction, report the χ² per degree of freedom for the fits, and include injection-recovery tests with simulated lenses at the observed separation and flux ratio. These will quantify potential systematics from focus breathing, CTE, and color terms, confirming they are subdominant to the reported uncertainties on M_host. revision: yes
Referee: Abstract and §4 (combination with light-curve modeling): The factor-of-two reduction in solutions and the final planet-mass values are stated to result from joint use of the HST-derived lens flux/proper motion with the light curve. The manuscript provides no explicit description or table showing how the imaging constraints are folded into the light-curve parameter space (e.g., prior on θ_E or π_E, or updated posterior after adding the HST data). This step is load-bearing for the claimed reduction in degeneracies.

Authors: We acknowledge that the manuscript does not explicitly detail how the HST constraints are combined with the light-curve modeling. In the revision, we will add a clear description of this process, specifying the priors on θ_E and π_E derived from the HST lens flux and proper motion, along with a table or figure comparing the light-curve posteriors before and after incorporating the imaging data. This will demonstrate the origin of the factor-of-two reduction in viable solutions. revision: yes
Referee: Error budget (throughout results section): The reported uncertainties on M_host, m_p, and D_L are given without a breakdown separating statistical errors from potential systematic contributions arising from the empirical PSF model or from the conversion of lens flux to mass. This omission prevents assessment of whether the quoted precisions are realistic given the weakest assumption identified in the analysis.

Authors: We agree that a transparent error budget is needed to evaluate the realism of the quoted precisions. We will revise the results section to provide a detailed breakdown separating statistical uncertainties from systematic contributions due to the empirical PSF model and the lens flux-to-mass conversion. This will identify the dominant error sources and support the reported values. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: direct empirical fitting of HST data yields masses and distance

full rationale

The paper describes an automated pipeline (MORIA) that constructs empirical PSF models from HST frames and performs simultaneous multi-star fitting to extract lens flux and relative proper motion for KMT-2019-BLG-0253. These fitted quantities are then converted to physical parameters (M_host, m_p, D_L) via standard microlensing mass-distance relations that are external to the fit. No equation in the provided text defines a derived quantity in terms of itself or renames a fitted parameter as a 'prediction.' No self-citation chain or uniqueness theorem is invoked to justify the central results. The analysis is self-contained against the image data and light-curve constraints.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

4 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The reported masses and distance rest on fitted parameters from combined light-curve and imaging data plus standard microlensing modeling assumptions; no new physical entities are postulated.

free parameters (4)

Host star mass = 0.65 M_sun
Fitted parameter from joint light-curve and HST image modeling; reported as 0.65 ± 0.04 solar masses.
Planet mass (close solution) = 7.18 M_earth
Derived from the modeling; reported as 7.18 ± 0.40 Earth masses.
Planet mass (wide solution) = 9.48 M_earth
Derived from the modeling; reported as 9.48 ± 1.13 Earth masses.
Lens distance = 2.64 kpc
Fitted parameter; reported as 2.64 ± 0.22 kpc.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Standard microlensing light-curve modeling assumptions, including the existence of the close-wide degeneracy, remain valid when combined with high-resolution imaging.
Invoked when the abstract states the remaining solution is subject to the well-known close-wide degeneracy.
domain assumption Empirical PSF models built from the HST data can be used for unbiased simultaneous multi-star fitting of blended lens, source, and neighbor stars.
Core premise of the MORIA pipeline description in the abstract.

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