| Re: FITS IO Problem [message #70655 is a reply to message #70642] |
Sun, 25 April 2010 09:37   |
John B
Messages: 5
Registered: April 2010
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On Apr 24, 4:08 pm, Craig Markwardt <craig.markwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 9:18 am, John B <bochan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 24, 8:09 am, wlandsman <wlands...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Readfits.pro is choking since this isn't a standard fits file (NAXIS
>>>> isn't defined). Is there another one I can use?
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>>> There is a nice (non-IDL) program FITSVerify ( http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/ftools/fitsverify /) to
>>> check the validity of a FITS file. You can also upload your FITS
>>> file to the online verifier.
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>> Cool. I submitted it and got this error:
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>> File name: test.fits
>> Run Number 8232
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>> fitsverify 4.15 (CFITSIO V3.181)
>> --------------------------------
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>> 2 Header-Data Units in this file.
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>> =================== HDU 1: Primary Array ===================
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>> 1 | SIMPLE = T /Dummy Created by MWRFITS v1.4a
>> 2 | BITPIX = 8 /Dummy primary header created by
>> MWRFITS
>> 3 | NAXIS = 0 /No data is associated with this
>> header
>> 4 | EXTEND = T /Extensions may (will!) be
>> present
>> 5 | END
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>> 5 header keywords
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>> Null data array; NAXIS = 0
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>> =================== HDU 2: BINARY Table ====================
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>> *** Error: checking data fill: tried to move past end of file
>> *** Error: String in row #3, column #3 contains non-ASCII text.
>> (Other rows may have errors).
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>> I don't know entirely how to interpret this.
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>>> Does MWRFITS work with the simple examples provided in the
>>> documentation?
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>> Yes, MWRFITS is working for other applications on my system.
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>>> You wouldn't be using GDL (the free IDL clone) rather than IDL, would
>>> you? I recently discovered that GDL has a slightly different
>>> treatment of nested loops than IDL, that led to disastrous
>>> consequences for a different set of FITS I/O routines.
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>> Nope... I am using IDL.
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>> --Wayne
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> Are you by any chance overwriting an existing file? To me it looks
> like you attempted to write a file, but it got stopped after writing
> the primary extension. If the bits from the previous existing file
> are still there, then it would look like a bogus 2nd FITS extension.
>
> Craig
Hi Craig,
No, I am writing a new file each time.
Cheers,
John
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