[daip] coordinates in AIPS

Anna Bartkiewicz annan at astro.uni.torun.pl
Tue Nov 23 09:16:21 EST 2010


Dear Eric,

  Thank you for your willing help. In the meantime I just tried:


loading into AIPS the original file with a header:

SIMPLE  =                    T / Written by IDL:  23-Oct-2009 16:29:30.00
BITPIX  =                  -64 / IEEE double precision floating point
NAXIS   =                    2 /number of axes
NAXIS1  =                 1305 /
NAXIS2  =                 1306 /
EXTEND  =                    T /file may contain extensions
DATE    = '2009-10-21'         / Creation date (DD/MM/YY) of FITS header
INSTRUME= 'NIRI    '           /Instrument used to acquire data
OBJECT  = 'G23.389+00.185'     /Object Name
GEMPRGID= 'GN-2009B-Q-44'      /Gemini Science Program ID
TELESCOP= 'Gemini-North'       /Telescope
EPOCH   =              2000.00 /Epoch for Target coordinates
RA      =            278.30967 /RA of Target
DEC     =           -8.3992972 /Declination of Target
WAVELENG=              21200.0 /Effective Target Wavelength
RAWIQ   = '20-percentile'      /Raw Image Quality
RAWCC   = '50-percentile'      /Raw Cloud Cover
RAWWV   = '50-percentile'      /Raw Water Vapour/Transparency
RAWBG   = '50-percentile'      /Raw Background
PA      =             0.000000 /Sky Position Angle at start of exposure
HUMIDITY=              26.0000 /The Relative Humidity (fraction, 0..101)
CAMERA  = 'f32     '           /NIRI camera (f6|f14|f32)
COADDS  =                   35 /Number of coadds summed
DATE-OBS= '009-10-15'          /Observation date (UT)
EXPTIME =             0.601000 /Exposure time (s) for each frame
FILTER1 = 'Kprime_G0206'       /Filter 1 name
FILTER2 = 'open    '           /Filter 2 name
FILTER3 = 'Pupil38_G5207'      /Pupil mask, grism, or filter name
FPMASK  = 'f14-cam_G5209'      /Focal plane mask name
BEAMSPLT= 'f32     '           /Beam splitter position name
FRMSPCYC=                    2 /Frames per cycle,1=sep,2=stare
MODE    = 'STARE   '           /Stare or sep
TIME    = '05:39:40.3'         /Beginning of Observation (UT)
AMSTART =              1.39900 /Airmass at start of exposure
AMEND   =              1.40200 /Airmass at end of exposure
CTYPE1  = 'RA---TAN'           /the coordinate type for the first axis
CTYPE2  = 'DEC--TAN'           /the coordinate type for the second axis
CD1_1   = -6.089454412084e-006 /partial of first axis coord w.r.t. x
CD1_2   =  3.802123089418e-008 /partial of first axis coord w.r.t. y
CD2_1   =  2.450182223808e-008 /partial of second axis coord w.r.t. x
CD2_2   =  6.054210442537e-006 /partial of second axis coord w.r.t. y
FRAME   = 'FK5     '           /Target coordinate system
CRPIX1  =              121.130 /Ref pix of axis 1
CRPIX2  =              345.380 /Ref pix of axis 2
CRVAL1  =         278.31204800 /RA at Ref pix in decimal degrees
CRVAL2  =          -8.40106300 /DEC at Ref pix in decimal degrees
FLUXSCAL= 'mJy/pixel'          /Flux scale of image
END

AIPS message was:

ring2 > FITLD1: Task FITLD  (release of 31DEC10) begins
ring2 > FITLD1: WARNING: 64-bit input stored in 32 bits inside AIPS
ring2 > FITLD1: WARNING: 64-bit input stored in 32 bits inside AIPS
ring2 > FITLD1: Create FITLD       .TEMP  .   1 (MA)  on disk  1  cno   49
ring2 > FITLD1: PCHDR: IMAGE APPEARS TO BE SKEWED:  179.77 NOT  179.64
ring2 > FITLD1: PCHDR: IMAGE SKEWED:  0.02192 -0.02180 NOT  0.01712 -0.02657
ring2 > FITLD1: RenamE G23.389_CLE .IMAP  .   1 (MA)  on disk 1 cno   49
ring2 > FITLD1: Image=G23.389+  (MA)         Filename=G23.389_CLE .IMAP  .   1
ring2 > FITLD1: Telescope=Gemini-N           Receiver=NIRI
ring2 > FITLD1: Observer=                    User #=  101
ring2 > FITLD1: Observ. date=BAD DATE        Map date=23-NOV-2010
ring2 > FITLD1: Minimum=-1.17929012E-03      Maximum= 1.95409203E+00
ring2 > FITLD1: 
----------------------------------------------------------------
ring2 > FITLD1: Type    Pixels   Coord value     at Pixel     Coord incr   Rotat
ring2 > FITLD1: RA---TAN  1305    18 33 14.892     121.13       0.019522    0.00
ring2 > FITLD1: DEC--TAN  1306   -08 24 03.827     345.38      -0.024182  179.70
ring2 > FITLD1: 
----------------------------------------------------------------
ring2 > FITLD1: Coordinate equinox 2000.00
ring2 > FITLD1: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
ring2 > FITLD1: Appears to have ended successfully
ring2 > FITLD1: ring2 31DEC10 TST: Cpu=      0.1  Real=      0  IO=         8


Then FITTP on the disc and the header of the file is:
SIMPLE  =                    T /
BITPIX  =                  -32 /
NAXIS   =                    2 /
NAXIS1  =                 1305 /
NAXIS2  =                 1306 /
EXTEND  =                    T /Tables following main image
BLOCKED =                    T /Tape may be blocked
OBJECT  = 'G23.389+'           /Source name
TELESCOP= 'Gemini-N'           /
INSTRUME= 'NIRI    '           /
OBSERVER= '        '           /
DATE-OBS= '009--10--1'         /Obs start date YYYY-MM-DD
DATE-MAP= '2010-11-23'         /Last processing date YYYY-MM-DD
BSCALE  =    1.00000000000E+00 /REAL = TAPE * BSCALE + BZERO
BZERO   =    0.00000000000E+00 /
BUNIT   = '        '           /Units of flux
EQUINOX =      2.000000000E+03 /Epoch of RA DEC
DATAMAX =      1.954092026E+00 /Maximum pixel value
DATAMIN =     -1.179290120E-03 /Minimum pixel value
CTYPE1  = 'RA---TAN'           /
CRVAL1  =    2.78312048000E+02 /
CDELT1  =      5.422718914E-06 /
CRPIX1  =      1.211299973E+02 /
CROTA1  =      0.000000000E+00 /
CTYPE2  = 'DEC--TAN'           /
CRVAL2  =   -8.40106300000E+00 /
CDELT2  =     -6.717182259E-06 /
CRPIX2  =      3.453800049E+02 /
CROTA2  =      1.797048187E+02 /

And then correct by hand: CDELT1  =      6.083333333E-06 /  and CDELT2  = 
-6.083333333E-06 / (as it should be 0.0219" and -0.0219" )

And again FITLD into AIPS. The message from AIPS:

ring2 > FITLD1: Task FITLD  (release of 31DEC10) begins
ring2 > FITLD1: Create FITLD       .TEMP  .   2 (MA)  on disk  1  cno   52
ring2 > FITLD1: RenamE G23.389_CLE2.IMAP  .   2 (MA)  on disk 1 cno   52
ring2 > FITLD1: Image=G23.389+  (MA)         Filename=G23.389_CLE2.IMAP  .   2
ring2 > FITLD1: Telescope=Gemini-N           Receiver=NIRI
ring2 > FITLD1: Observer=                    User #=  101
ring2 > FITLD1: Observ. date=BAD DATE        Map date=23-NOV-2010
ring2 > FITLD1: Minimum=-1.17929012E-03      Maximum= 1.95409203E+00
ring2 > FITLD1: 
----------------------------------------------------------------
ring2 > FITLD1: Type    Pixels   Coord value     at Pixel     Coord incr   Rotat
ring2 > FITLD1: RA---TAN  1305    18 33 14.892     121.13       0.021900    0.00
ring2 > FITLD1: DEC--TAN  1306   -08 24 03.827     345.38      -0.021900  179.70
ring2 > FITLD1: 
----------------------------------------------------------------
ring2 > FITLD1: Coordinate equinox 2000.00
ring2 > FITLD1: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
ring2 > FITLD1: Appears to have ended successfully
ring2 > FITLD1: ring2 31DEC10 TST: Cpu=      0.1  Real=      0  IO=         8

So, the pixel size are ok, but that is probably a problem of skewing as 
you wrote (can it be related to 32/64 bits) since now the coordinates are 
little bit shifted.

AIPS IMSTAT gives the pixel maximum:
RA 18 33 14.32431  DEC -08 23 57.2654
and it should be (info from collaborators) something like:
RA 18 33 14.323  DEC -08 23 57.30

I will be waiting patiently when you find time for this small thing. I 
really appreciate your help!

Greetings,

Anna




On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Eric Greisen wrote:

> Anna Bartkiewicz wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Eric,
>>
>>  Please, help me finding what should I change in the FITS file that will 
>> enable AIPS to obtain a proper pixel size.
>> 
>> I got the map (FITS file) of Gemini data with a header:
>> [...]
>> CTYPE1  = 'RA---TAN'           /the coordinate type for the first axis
>> CTYPE2  = 'DEC--TAN'           /the coordinate type for the second axis
>> CD1_1   = -6.089454412084e-006 /partial of first axis coord w.r.t. x
>> CD1_2   =  3.802123089418e-008 /partial of first axis coord w.r.t. y
>> CD2_1   =  2.450182223808e-008 /partial of second axis coord w.r.t. x
>> CD2_2   =  6.054210442537e-006 /partial of second axis coord w.r.t. y
>> FRAME   = 'FK5     '           /Target coordinate system
>> CRPIX1  =              121.130 /Ref pix of axis 1
>> CRPIX2  =              345.380 /Ref pix of axis 2
>> CRVAL1  =         278.31204800 /RA at Ref pix in decimal degrees
>> CRVAL2  =          -8.40106300 /DEC at Ref pix in decimal degrees
>> [...]
>> 
>> When I load it to the AIPS the header is:
>>> AIPS 1: Image=G23.389+ (MA) Filename=G23.389_KCOR.IMAP . 1
>>> AIPS 1: Telescope=Gemini-N Receiver=NIRI
>>> AIPS 1: Observer= User #= 101
>>> AIPS 1: Observ. date=BAD DATE Map date=25-OCT-2010
>>> AIPS 1: Minimum=-1.17929012E-03 Maximum= 1.95409203E+00
>>> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> AIPS 1: Type Pixels Coord value at Pixel Coord incr Rotat
>>> AIPS 1: RA---TAN 1305 18 33 14.892 121.13 0.019522 0.00
>>> AIPS 1: DEC--TAN 1306 -08 24 03.827 345.38 -0.024182 179.70
>>> AIPS 1: ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> AIPS 1: Coordinate equinox 2000.00
>> 
>> Is the "coord incr" values the pixels scale for the two axes?
>> If so, they should be 0.0219 and -0.0219 arcsec/pixel as I got the 
>> informations from my Collaborators.
>> 
>> I read the page:
>> http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/wcstools/wcstools.wcs.html
>> but still I do not know how AIPS determines the "coord incr" values? Should 
>> I add CRPIX1 and CRPIX2? Please, reply if you find time for my question.
>> 
>> I will appreciate your help.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Anna
> I am just back from 24 days vacation - please let me look in more detail. 
> The CD2_1 and CD1_2 indicate that there is some skew but only at a small 
> level so I am surprised that aips gets this much difference between the 2 
> axes.  It will be a couple of days until I can get to this.
>
> Eric Greisen
>




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