New Astrometry.net 0.43 release, and new index files (4200-series)

[Dustin Lang]

I'm happy to announce the newest Astrometry.net release, 0.43, available now at
  http://astrometry.net/downloads/astrometry.net-0.43.tar.bz2
  http://astrometry.net/downloads/astrometry.net-0.43.tar.gz

Also, I found and fixed a bug in the index-making code that affects the "4000-series" index files.  I made a new batch, the "4200-series", available here:
  http://broiler.astrometry.net/~dstn/4200/
and note that for wide-field images you will probably have better luck with the "4100-series", which use the Tycho-2 stars as the reference catalog:
  http://broiler.astrometry.net/~dstn/4100/

The nova web service has also been updated.

cheers,
dustin

[Branimir Sesar]

Hi Dustin,

The v0.43 does not compile properly:

gcc  -g -Wall -ffinite-math-only -fno-signaling-nans -pthread -march=native -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -fPIC -Winline -fPIC  control-program.o backend.o blindutils.o blind.o solver.o quad-utils.o matchfile.o matchobj.o solvedclient.o solvedfile.o tweak2.o verify.o tweak.o dallpeaks.o dcen3x3.o dfind.o dmedsmooth.o dobjects.o dpeaks.o dselip.o dsigma.o dsmooth.o image2xy.o simplexy.o radix.o ctmf.o ../util/libanfiles.a ../util/libanutils.a ../libkd/libkd.a ../qfits-an/lib/libqfits.a ../gsl-an/libgsl-an.a   -lm -o control-program
image2xy-files.o: In function `cfitserr':
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-0.43/blind/../util/cfitsutils.h:31: undefined reference to `ffgerr'
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-0.43/blind/../util/cfitsutils.h:33: undefined reference to `ffgmsg'

and then it crashes. Am I doing something wrong? :)

Cheers,

Brani

[Dustin Lang]

That is very strange!  It looks like control-program depends on cfitsio via image2xy.  I am not sure how this compiled before!

Could you please test this snapshot:
  http://astrometry.net/downloads/astrometry.net-22501.tar.gz

Thanks,
dustin

[Branimir Sesar]

Same thing:

make[1]: Entering directory `/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind'
gcc  -g -Wall -ffinite-math-only -fno-signaling-nans -pthread -march=native -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -fPIC -Winline -fPIC  backend.o backend-main.o libbackend.a ../util/libanfiles.a ../util/libanutils.a ../libkd/libkd.a ../qfits-an/lib/libqfits.a ../gsl-an/libgsl-an.a   -lm -o backend
gcc -o image2xy  -g -Wall -ffinite-math-only -fno-signaling-nans -pthread -march=native -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -fPIC -Winline -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE -I../util -I../util -I../libkd -I../gsl-an -I../qfits-an/include    -I../catalogs -I/home/bsesar/usr/include/cairo -I/home/bsesar/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/home/bsesar/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/home/bsesar/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/home/bsesar/usr/include -I/home/bsesar/usr/include/freetype2 -I/home/bsesar/usr/include/libpng15    -g -Wall -ffinite-math-only -fno-signaling-nans -pthread -march=native -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -DNDEBUG -fPIC -Winline -fPIC image2xy-main.o image2xy-files.o dallpeaks.o dcen3x3.o dfind.o dmedsmooth.o dobjects.o dpeaks.o dselip.o dsigma.o dsmooth.o image2xy.o simplexy.o radix.o ctmf.o ../util/libanutils.a ../gsl-an/libgsl-an.a ../qfits-an/lib/libqfits.a   -lm
image2xy-files.o: In function `cfitserr':
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/../util/cfitsutils.h:31: undefined reference to `ffgerr'
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/../util/cfitsutils.h:33: undefined reference to `ffgmsg'
image2xy-files.o: In function `image2xy_files':
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/image2xy-files.c:62: undefined reference to `ffopentest'
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/image2xy-files.c:66: undefined reference to `ffthdu'
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/image2xy-files.c:77: undefined reference to `ffinit'
/scr/bsesar/usr/astrometry.net-22501/blind/image2xy-files.c:80: undefined reference to `ffcrim'

[Dustin Lang]

That is failing when compiling a different program, image2xy.

Do you have cfitsio installed?  It is required.

What does this say:
   pkg-config --libs cfitsio

cheers,
dustin

[Branimir Sesar]

Ok, it works after installing CFITSIO.

Question: How do I compile ucac3tofits and will it work with the UCAC-4 catalog?

B

[Dustin Lang]

I'm going to copy your question to a new thread and answer it there :)

[Robert Siverd]

On Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:13:01 AM UTC-5, Dustin Lang wrote:

I'm happy to announce the newest Astrometry.net release, 0.43, available now at
  http://astrometry.net/downloads/astrometry.net-0.43.tar.bz2
  http://astrometry.net/downloads/astrometry.net-0.43.tar.gz

Also, I found and fixed a bug in the index-making code that affects the "4000-series" index files.  I made a new batch, the "4200-series", available here:
  http://broiler.astrometry.net/~dstn/4200/
and note that for wide-field images you will probably have better luck with the "4100-series", which use the Tycho-2 stars as the reference catalog:
  http://broiler.astrometry.net/~dstn/4100/

I hope to start testing out this new version ASAP and let you know how it goes.  Can you confirm that skymark diameters and index file names work the same way for 4100-series as for the others?  i.e., the table of 4200-series index files on http://astrometry.net/doc/readme.html also applies to 4100-series, correct?

Thanks,
Rob

[Dustin Lang]

Yes, correct, the naming scheme is all the same except for the "40", "41", or "42".

--dstn