Bugs: wcs_update
Bugs
Cannot use same file for infile and wcsfile
Users cannot use the same file for both the infile and the wcsfile parameters. Attempting to do so will cause the tool to quietly exit without making any updates to the infile.
Bugs fixed in CIAO 4.15
The following is a list of bugs that were fixed in the CIAO 4.15 software release.
NOM and PNT keywords not updated consistently with WCS when scaling is applied
The RA|DEC_NOM and RA|DEC_PNT keywords are not updated the same way as the WCS parameters (ie the CRVAL keywords). The exact difference is not known at this time, but it only appears to be an issue when there is a scale factor applied. This could be from using method=rst when running wcs_match or if using the scalefac parameters.
Having these keywords out of sync may lead to some very small errors when computing coordinates, eg going from SKY(X,Y) to either off-axis angles or to celestial coordinates. Using dmcoords users will see a warning such as
# dmcoords (CIAO): WARNING: RA_NOM DEC_NOM different from WCS # dmcoords (CIAO): RA_NOM DEC_NOM = 173.26163587 25.90709570 WCS = 173.26300329 25.90586571
Workaround:
The only work around is to avoid using the method=rst or specifying a scale value other than scalfac=1.0.