From: mehr@oskar.uchicago.edu (David Mehringer)
Subject: DBCON error
Organization: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 20:00:38 GMT

I get the following error message when I run DBCON:



DBCON2: Task DBCON  (release of 15OCT92) begins
DBCON2: You are using a non-standard program
DBCON2: DEC      AXIS HAS UNEQUAL ATTRIBUTES
DBCON2: Purports to die of UNNATURAL causes
DBCON2: hopi.a 15OCT92 TST: Cpu=     .07  Real=     1.0  IO=         0
STOP 

Here are the headers of the files that I am trying to combine:

AIPS 2: Image=C2        (UV)         Filename=C2/ALL/C/S2A.ASCAL .   1
AIPS 2: Telescope=                   Receiver=
AIPS 2: Observer=ZADE                User #= 1766
AIPS 2: Observ. date=01-JUL-1989     Map date=05-SEP-1992
AIPS 2: # visibilities    105404     Sort order  TB
AIPS 2: Rand axes: UU-L  VV-L  WW-L  BASELINE  TIME1  WEIGHT  SCALE
AIPS 2: --------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 2: Type    Pixels   Coord value  at Pixel    Coord incr   Rotat
AIPS 2: COMPLEX      1   1.0000000E+00    1.00 1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: STOKES       4  -1.0000000E+00    1.00-1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: FREQ         1   4.8351000E+09    1.00 5.0000000E+07     .00
AIPS 2: RA--         1    17 44 05.000    1.00      3600.000     .00
AIPS 2: DEC-         1   -28 26 0 .000    1.00      3600.000     .00
LOGFILE FOR USER 1766 GETTING LARGE: USE PRTMSG AND CLRMSG NOW!         
AIPS 2: IF           1   1.0000000E+00    1.00 1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: --------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 2: Coordinate equinox 1950.00
AIPS 2: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
AIPS 2: Maximum version number of extension files of type AN is   2
>
AIPS 2: Image=C2        (UV)         Filename=C2/ALL/D/S2 .ASCAL .   1
AIPS 2: Telescope=                   Receiver=
AIPS 2: Observer=PALM                User #= 1766
AIPS 2: Observ. date=03-AUG-1988     Map date=05-SEP-1992
AIPS 2: # visibilities     41622     Sort order  TB
AIPS 2: Rand axes: UU-L  VV-L  WW-L  BASELINE  TIME1  WEIGHT  SCALE
AIPS 2: --------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 2: Type    Pixels   Coord value  at Pixel    Coord incr   Rotat
AIPS 2: COMPLEX      1   1.0000000E+00    1.00 1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: STOKES       4  -1.0000000E+00    1.00-1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: FREQ         1   4.8351000E+09    1.00 5.0000000E+07     .00
AIPS 2: RA--         1    17 44 05.000    1.00      3600.000     .00
LOGFILE FOR USER 1766 GETTING LARGE: USE PRTMSG AND CLRMSG NOW!         
AIPS 2: DEC-         1   -28 26 0 .000    1.00      3600.000     .00
AIPS 2: IF           1   1.0000000E+00    1.00 1.0000000E+00     .00
AIPS 2: --------------------------------------------------------------
AIPS 2: Coordinate equinox 1950.00
AIPS 2: Maximum version number of extension files of type HI is   1
AIPS 2: Maximum version number of extension files of type AN is   2

The dec axes look identical to me.  Any ideas what is going on?








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