[Issues] AstrometricParametersTask Error

Johannes Koppenhoefer koppenh at mpe.mpg.de
Thu Feb 10 15:53:25 CET 2011


Hi John,

the error is independent of the file we are using and already appears if you
just say: ast=AstrometricParameters()

Cheers,
Johannes



On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:11 PM, John P. McFarland
<mcfarland at astro.rug.nl>wrote:

> Dear Chien-Hsiu,
>
> The FIXME below is merely an optimization and has nothing to do with this.
>
> It appears you are using the AWBASE version of the code, and with that code
> I do not get any errors.  I also tried various other configurations and see
> no problem.  Can you send me an example of a frame where the
> AstrometricParametersTask fails so I can try it myself?  Thanks.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -=John
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Chien-Hsiu Lee wrote:
>
>  Dear John,
>>
>> Below you can find the version of the SourceList.py and
>> AstrometricParameters.py we are using:
>>
>> SourceList.py: Revision: 1.212
>> AstrometricParameters.py: Revision: 1.153
>>
>> And there is a FIXME comment in the AstrometricParameters.py which could
>> be related to this error:
>>
>>      # FIXME Only need to figure out best way to get 'Area'
>>      ## Get the USNO catalog directly from the database
>>      #usno_default_values = {'Xpos'   : -1,
>>      #                       'Ypos'   : -1,
>>      #                       'PosErr' : 1.0/3600,
>>      #                       'A'      : -4.20118523,
>>      #                       'B'      : -4.20118523,
>>      #                       'Theta'  : 0.}
>>      #usnosl_to_ldac_dict = {'A'         : 'A_WCS',
>>      #                       'B'         : 'B_WCS',
>>      #                       'POSANG'    : 'THETAWCS',
>>      #                       'FLAG'      : 'Flag',
>>      #                       'RA'        : 'Ra',
>>      #                       'SID'       : 'SeqNr',
>>      #                       'USNO_BMAG' : 'Mag',
>>      #                       'DEC'       : 'Dec',
>>      #                       'USNO_RMAG' : 'Mag2'}
>>      #usno_needed_column_names = usnosl_to_ldac_dict.keys()
>>      #refsl = (SourceList.name == 'USNO Catalog').max('SLID')
>>      #refsl.make_ldac_catalog_on_sources(name=outcat, Area=...,
>> attr_list=usno_needed_column_names, rename_dict=usnosl_to_ldac_dict)
>>
>> I tried to reduce the WFI data from scratch, and this error only occurs in
>> the Astrometry task.
>>
>> Thanks and all the best,
>> Chien-Hsiu Lee
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "John P. McFarland" <mcfarland at astro.rug.nl>:
>>
>>  Dear Chien-Hsiu,
>>>
>>> I have been unable to reproduce your error.  Do you still get it with the
>>> most recent checkout?  Are there other circumstances where this error
>>> occurs?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> -=John
>>>
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>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Chien-Hsiu Lee wrote:
>>>
>>>  Dear AWE users,
>>>>
>>>> I had a problem performing Astrometry on WFI data and was wondering if
>>>> anyone had the same error. The error message can be reproduced as
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> awe> ast=AstrometricParameters()
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>>> File
>>>> "/afs/ipp/home/c/chlee/opipe/AWBASE/common/database/DBMeta.py", line
>>>> 301, in __call__
>>>>  return self.database.get_instance(self, *args, **kwargs)
>>>> File
>>>> "/afs/ipp/home/c/chlee/opipe/AWBASE/common/database/DBOracle.py", line
>>>> 293, in get_instance
>>>>  result.__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>>>> File
>>>> "/afs/ipp/home/c/chlee/opipe/AWBASE/astro/main/AstrometricParameters.py",
>>>> line
>>>> 282, in __init__
>>>>  self.refsl = ImportSourceList(Name=USNO_NAME, Area=range)
>>>> File "/afs/ipp/home/c/chlee/opipe/AWBASE/astro/main/SourceList.py",
>>>> line 2010, in ImportSourceList
>>>>  import_range = Area_To_HTM_Ranges(depth = 9, Area = Area)
>>>> File "/afs/ipp/home/c/chlee/opipe/AWBASE/astro/main/SourceList.py",
>>>> line 2691, in Area_To_HTM_Ranges
>>>>  raise Exception, 'Area_To_HTM_Ranges: do not comprehend Area argument!'
>>>> Exception: Area_To_HTM_Ranges: do not comprehend Area argument!
>>>>
>>>> The AWBASE we are using is checked-out on 2011.02.03.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Chien-Hsiu Lee
>>>>
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