Hi David, Its probably worth checking with Brad whether this data was taken during the RTS timing problems, which I think occured on 20081007 - in which case there may be deeper problems than oracdr can solve. Cheers, Jane David Berry wrote: > 2009/1/15 Tim Jenness <[log in to unmask]>: > >> I've had a closed look at #54 on 20081007 that has the different base >> position. The others are all in the same group with a current version >> of oracdr. This seems to be an issue with the position used as the >> frequency reference. The base position reported in the state structure >> is correct, as you can see from using makecube: >> makecube >> /Volumes/jcmtdata/raw/acsis/spectra/20081007/00048/a20081007_00048_01_0001.sdf >> autogrid >> Projection parameters used: >> CRPIX1 = 2 >> CRPIX2 = 225.797959178686 >> CRVAL1 = 85.4158333333333 ( RA = 5:41:39.8 ) >> CRVAL2 = -1.9075 ( Dec = -1:54:27 ) >> CDELT1 = -0.254 ( -914.4 arcsec ) >> CDELT2 = 0.00102777777777778 ( 3.7 arcsec ) >> CROTA2 = 33.2999992370605 >> (noting that autogrid is having serious trouble with the RA pixel size). >> > > I've spent a lot of today looking into this autogrid failure. It > always was a very complex and fragile algorithm, and this particular > data set throws it badly out for some reason which I don't understand > yet. I could press on with this investigation for another day or so to > try and track down the issue, but it means more time off STC, which > has already suffered badly recently due to a spat of bug reports. > > David > -- Dr Jane V. Buckle Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Lab, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE Tel: +44 (0)1223 337298