Aldo, I have to take back what I said in my first reply to this message. In fact, I point to the ...\GSC\ folder, too, that contains the 24 separate folders, and not the higher-level folder that contains the GSC and TABLES folders. I see that I don't need the TABLES folder at all! I couldn't get to it anyway, pointing to the GSC folder. And now, I'm not sure how I got a hold of the GSC! So I'm going back through my files to see if I can figure that out again. Maybe I can give you some new clues. I see what Patrick did in his reply to you, but I don't get a .tar file -- I get the files called 4630.gsc etc. And I see what you did. I copied N8230 from ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/I/220/GSC/, and I evidently retrieve the same data you have then, with 4630.gsc being 5KB. It's still a puzzle for me. Perhaps the file called 4630.gsc, for example, is really a .tar file that needs to be expanded per Patrick's instructions using Winzip. More later. Dick
--- In [email protected], "tonon_a" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dick, > In effect, the content of my directories is different. From your > example, my 4630.GSC is 5KB and 4619.GSC is 77KB > I downloaded everything from: > http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/ftp- > index?/ftp/cats/bincats/GSC_1.1/N8230 > If I select in CDC the "HST GSC compact" option, the program accepts > the directory and its contents (the C:\ciel\cat\gsc window is white), > but I have the "Access violation at address 002242AD in > module 'CATALOG.DLL' ..." > If I select "HST Guide Star Catalog" option, CDC accepts the > directory, but prompts the following message:"Mount disk for GSC > C:\ciel\cat\gsc" > So, as you already told me, it looks that I am working with something > that is still compressed, but I don't know how to decompress these > files or from where download the correct ones. > In addition I have not a \tables directory (if you move them to > another directory, does CDC still work? > What do you think? > Regards, > Aldo > > --- In [email protected], "Dick Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Aldo, > > Sorry for the delay in response. I was on travel. > > Yes there should be 24 directories, named N0000, N0730, ... , > > S8230. In each directory there will be a variable number of files. > > For example, in N8230, I have 48 files, from 4615.gsc to 4662.gsc. > > The smallest file(s) in this directory are 26 KB (e.g. 4629.gsc) > and > > the largest file is 293 KB (4619.gsc). Does your directory N8230 > > look like this? > > There are a total of 9537 .gsc files altogether. (The last file > in > > S8230 is 9537.gsc. > > > > The directory (folder) structure should look like this: > > ...\GSC\ > > .......\N0000\ > > .............\0001.gsc > > .............\0002.gsc > > etc. > > to .....\0593.gsc > > > > .......\N0730\ > > .............\0594.gsc > > etc. > > > > .......\N1500\ > > etc. > > .......\N2230\ > > etc > > etc > > .......\S8230\ > > > > There is also a TABLES\ directory, which is part of the GSC > > catalog. I do not know whether CdC requires it, but probably it > > does. If so, then it looks like this: > > ...\TABLES\ > > ..........\lg_reg_x.tbl > > etc. > > > > When you point CdC to the GSC catalog, make sure you point to the > > parent directory containing both the \GSC\ and \TABLES\ > > directories!! and not to the \GSC\ directory itself. This is > > important. > > > > If you still have trouble I will look further into the catalog > > source you specified from cdsarc. Let me know how you are doing. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dick > > > > --- In [email protected], "tonon_a" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Dick, > > > Sorry, I am a bit confused. > > > I downloaded 24 .tar files (_cdsarc_cats_bincats_GSC_1 > > > [1].1_N0000.tar,...) and unzipped them into 24 directories. In > > each > > > directory there are more o5 less 600 files (from 10 to 100 KB), > > for > > > example in the N0000 there are 00001.GSC,...,0593.GSC. > > > Now, how can I uncompress again those files? > > > > > > Aldo > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "tonon_a" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > I will try this evening, and tell you! > > > > Aldo > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Dick Berg" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Aldo, > > > > > If you downloaded the GSC from Vizier or the CDC archives, > > > those > > > > > files are compressed using .gz, and this is not the same as > > > > the "HST > > > > > GSC Compact", I believe. This is what leads to the error you > > are > > > > > getting. > > > > > One way out of this is to decompress these files (all 9537 > > of > > > > > them) twice. You have to get to the original FITS format, > > > leaving > > > > > the directory structure intact, and then setting up the "HST > > GSC > > > > > original FITS" switch. The files expand to about 1.18 GB. > > > > > You can look for and download a program called BitZipper to > > do > > > > the > > > > > job. It's main strength is that it's free for a couple weeks, > > > and > > > > > you can batch process the individual N0000... directories, so > > > you > > > > > don't have to unzip/uncompress each and every file > > individually. > > > > > Hope this will help you. > > > > > Dick > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "tonon_a" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > > > > > Please, can you help me? > > > > > > > > > > > > I downloaded GCS 1.1, built the C:/ciel/cat/gsc/.. > > > > > > directories and selected, from the 'Stars 2' menu, the 'HST > > > GSC > > > > > > Compact' catalogue, but the following error is displayed: > > > > > > > > > > > > Access violation at address 002242D in > > module 'CATALOG.DLL', > > > > Read > > > > > > of address 0000004A > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using, with no other problems, the 2.76 version. > > > > > > > > > > > > Where am I wrong? > > > > > > > > > > > > Aldo ------------------------ Yahoo! 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