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WBPP won't read in certain files

Bernard Miller
in PixInsight
Hi,

I have a set of FITS files and WBPP won't read in certain files. I can open them and they will read into other processes like Image calibration and image integration, but I can't get WBPP to read them. I am using the latest version of WBPP and I can't find any difference between the files that will and won't read in. Has anyone run into this or have any idea what may be causing it?

Thanks,

Bernard

Comments

  • BlockHeadBlockHead
    Hi Bernard,

    I will need more information. I do not understand what you mean by "will not read them" in terms of WBPP. 
    Can you show some screenshots...errors or make the files available??

    -the Blockhead
  • Bernard Miller
    When you select the picture, nothing happens and WBPP freezes. I noticed it when I selected a group of files and WBPP just froze. When I quit and reopened, I noticed a subset of the files I selected in the lights tab. I traced it to a certain file. If I did not select that file, everything was fine, but if I selected that file, WBPP would not read it in and just hung. The weird thing is I can open that file and it looks fine. I can include that file in other processes, but WBPP will not read in the file.

    Bernard

  • Bernard Miller
    Here is the file that is causing the problem.
    fit
    fit
    Prawn NebulaGreen600s_202E.00821.fit
    20M
  • BlockHeadBlockHead
    edited June 2023
    Bernard,

    I will tell exactly what is wrong. PixInsight tells you the answer as well in the console. 
    Look at the coordinates for Declination.
    -40 28 60 

    This is not a possible coordinate. There is no such F@!IING thing as "60" .
    It is only -40 29 00 or -40 28 59.

    WBPP (unlike just opening the file) reads the header (metadata) and encounters this impossible value. 
    Let me be clear... no software should be checking for values like this. 

    I find this to be an anathema. 
    This is how code fails, machines crash, and people get hurt.
    I have seen this issue for many months now.

    -the Blockhead
  • Bernard Miller
    Thanks. I will try changing the FITS Header and see if that works. These images came from a system using CCD Autopilot. I don't know if that is the culprit or Maxim DL.

    Bernard

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