Offset W1 apertures match the released LAWD 1 light curve at 18 epochs from 2014 to 2022

We test whether a released infrared light curve measures the white dwarf LAWD 1, Gaia DR3 2312821266302222720. An earlier SCI position audit identifies this source as the source with the largest position difference among six unflagged variables. We measure new W1 aperture sums on 21 public unWISE visits from 2014 to 2024. The Gaia track and the released position track are 12.36 arcseconds apart. At the 18 shared epochs from 2014 to 2022, two-pixel aperture sums at the released track closely match the released fluxes. The correlation is 0.982, and the root mean square difference is 7.31 detector units without a fitted scale. The median quoted release error is 22.54 units. The same aperture on the Gaia track has 31.22 times more mean signal. Free image-center fits follow the Gaia track within 0.22 pixels. An independent aperture integration confirms the large flux difference. Small changes at the Gaia track depend on aperture size. Thus, the result identifies a source association problem in this one released light curve. It does not establish constant stellar brightness or exclude a disk or planet. The package preserves the image cutouts, exposure lists, release archive, source queries, code, figures, and reproduction instructions.

white dwarfs · infrared variability · source association · proper motion · unWISE · Gaia DR3 · LAWD 1 · reproducible photometry