check for single-extension FITS (NAXIS==2), VR filter for SOARGOODMAN…

…, readme updated

pp_prepare.py

@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ def prepare(filenames, obsparam, header_update, flipx=False,
                         ignore_missing_end='True')
     header = hdulist[0].header
 
+    # check if this is a single-extension FITS file
+    if float(header['NAXIS']) > 2.:
+        logging.error('This is not a single-extension FITS file. Please '
+                      'extract individual extensions and run them '
+                      'individually.')
+        sys.exit()
+
     # keywords that have to be implanted into each image
     implants = {}
 

readme.rst

@@ -71,22 +71,22 @@ The Photometry Pipeline is distributed under the GNU GPLv3 license.
 
 Copyright (C) 2016  Michael Mommert 
 
-Feel free to contact me in case of questions or suggestions: michael
- . mommert (at) nau . edu
+Feel free to contact me in case of questions or suggestions: michael . mommert (at) nau . edu
 
 
-.. _github: https://github.com/mommermi/photometrypipeline
+.. _github: http://github.com/mommermi/photometrypipeline
 .. _git: http://www.git-scm.com/
 .. _numpy: http://www.numpy.org/
-.. _scipy: https://www.scipy.org/
+.. _scipy: http://www.scipy.org/
 .. _astropy: http://www.astropy.org/
-.. _astroquery: https://github.com/astropy/astroquery
+.. _astroquery: http://github.com/astropy/astroquery
 .. _matplotlib: http://matplotlib.org/
-.. _callhorizons: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/CALLHORIZONS
+.. _callhorizons: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/CALLHORIZONS
 .. _future: http://python-future.org/
 .. _pillow: http://python-pillow.org/
 .. _Source Extractor: http://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor
 .. _SCAMP: http://www.astromatic.net/software/scamp
-.. _documentation: http://readthedocs.org/projects/photometrypipeline/
+.. _documentation: http://photometrypipeline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 .. _this document: http://photometrypipeline.readthedocs.io/en/latest/supported.html
 .. _Astronomy & Computing: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213133716300816
+.. _MANOS: http://manosobs.wordpress.com/

setup/telescopes.py

@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
     'filter'               : 'FILTER',  # filter keyword
     'filter_translations'  : {'Rc': 'R', 'V':'V', 'B':'B', 'u':'u', 
                               'g-SDSS': 'g', 'r-SDSS': 'r', 'i-SDSS': 'i', 
-                              'z-SDSS': 'z'},
+                              'z-SDSS': 'z', 'VR': None},
                              # filtername translation dictionary
     'exptime'              : 'EXPTIME', # exposure time keyword (s)
     'airmass'              : 'AIRMASS', # airmass keyword