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Uploading using wizzard - issue with Date-Obs

MatthiasK
Affiliation
Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veranderliche Sterne e.V.(Germany) (BAV)
Mon, 08/30/2021 - 13:03

Hello,

I tried to start working with VPhot.

My first upload failed (using the wizzard) with the following error message:

"Invalid or missing date in DATE-OBS header field. Can not continue."

The display of the FITS header information in the wizzard shows for that field "26" and in the comment right next to it 08/2021

Whan I use another program the filed clearly says: 26/08/2021.

Any ideas?

Thanks

SGEO
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 08/30/2021 - 13:37
FITS header DATE-OBS

Looks like VPhot is looking for mm/dd/yyyy,   not dd/mm/yyyy

George

 

MZK
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 08/30/2021 - 13:38
Matthias;

This is the…

Matthias;

This is the current fits format by the approving agency:

DATE-OBS  2021-08-28T07:46:46.090  [ISO 8601] UTC date/time of exposure start

Your software must be using the old format or something else?

Copy and paste the format your software is using in your reply.

Ken

MatthiasK
Affiliation
Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veranderliche Sterne e.V.(Germany) (BAV)
Tue, 08/31/2021 - 05:02
Day/Month change works, but...

I changed month and day and it looks like VPhot accepted but I get another eror now on the file name:

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: fileName]

Which program can I use to convert DSLR CR2 files into the correct FITS format. I currently use IRIS to extract the green and blue part and save as fits, but looks like this is an older format?