コード例 #1
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def ptclean3(vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, ncpu, twidth, doreg, usephacenter,
             reftime, toTb, overwrite, selectdata, field, spw, timerange,
             uvrange, antenna, scan, observation, intent, datacolumn, imsize,
             cell, phasecenter, stokes, projection, startmodel, specmode,
             reffreq, nchan, start, width, outframe, veltype, restfreq,
             interpolation, gridder, facets, chanchunks, wprojplanes, vptable,
             usepointing, mosweight, aterm, psterm, wbawp, conjbeams, cfcache,
             computepastep, rotatepastep, pblimit, normtype, deconvolver,
             scales, nterms, smallscalebias, restoration, restoringbeam, pbcor,
             outlierfile, weighting, robust, npixels, uvtaper, niter, gain,
             threshold, nsigma, cycleniter, cyclefactor, minpsffraction,
             maxpsffraction, interactive, usemask, mask, pbmask,
             sidelobethreshold, noisethreshold, lownoisethreshold,
             negativethreshold, smoothfactor, minbeamfrac, cutthreshold,
             growiterations, dogrowprune, minpercentchange, verbose, restart,
             savemodel, calcres, calcpsf, parallel, subregion):
    if not (type(ncpu) is int):
        casalog.post('ncpu should be an integer')
        ncpu = 8

    if doreg:
        # check if ephem and msinfo exist. If not, generate one on the fly
        try:
            ephem = hf.read_horizons(vis=vis)
        except ValueError:
            print("error in obtaining ephemeris")
        try:
            msinfo = hf.read_msinfo(vis)
        except ValueError:
            print("error in getting ms info")
    else:
        ephem = None
        msinfo = None

    if imageprefix:
        workdir = os.path.dirname(imageprefix)
    else:
        workdir = './'
    tmpdir = workdir + '/tmp/'
    if not os.path.exists(tmpdir):
        os.makedirs(tmpdir)
    # get number of time pixels
    ms.open(vis)
    ms.selectinit()
    timfreq = ms.getdata(['time', 'axis_info'], ifraxis=True)
    tim = timfreq['time']
    ms.close()

    if twidth < 1:
        casalog.post('twidth less than 1. Change to 1')
        twidth = 1

    if twidth > len(tim):
        casalog.post(
            'twidth greater than # of time pixels in the dataset. Change to the timerange of the entire dateset'
        )
        twidth = len(tim)
    # find out the start and end time index according to the parameter timerange
    # if not defined (empty string), use start and end from the entire time of the ms
    if not timerange:
        btidx = 0
        etidx = len(tim) - 1
    else:
        try:
            (tstart, tend) = timerange.split('~')
            bt_s = qa.convert(qa.quantity(tstart, 's'), 's')['value']
            et_s = qa.convert(qa.quantity(tend, 's'), 's')['value']
            # only time is given but not date, add the date (at 0 UT) from the first record
            if bt_s < 86400. or et_s < 86400.:
                bt_s += np.fix(
                    qa.convert(qa.quantity(tim[0], 's'),
                               'd')['value']) * 86400.
                et_s += np.fix(
                    qa.convert(qa.quantity(tim[0], 's'),
                               'd')['value']) * 86400.
            btidx = np.argmin(np.abs(tim - bt_s))
            etidx = np.argmin(np.abs(tim - et_s))
            # make the indice back to those bracket by the timerange
            if tim[btidx] < bt_s:
                btidx += 1
            if tim[etidx] > et_s:
                etidx -= 1
            if etidx <= btidx:
                print("ending time must be greater than starting time")
                print("reinitiating to the entire time range")
                btidx = 0
                etidx = len(tim) - 1
        except ValueError:
            print("keyword 'timerange' has a wrong format")

    btstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(tim[btidx], 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    etstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(tim[etidx], 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]

    iterable = range(btidx, etidx + 1, twidth)
    print('First time pixel: ' + btstr)
    print('Last time pixel: ' + etstr)
    print(str(len(iterable)) + ' images to clean...')

    res = []
    # partition
    clnpart = partial(
        clean_iter, tim, vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, twidth, doreg,
        usephacenter, reftime, ephem, msinfo, toTb, overwrite, selectdata,
        field, spw, uvrange, antenna, scan, observation, intent, datacolumn,
        imsize, cell, phasecenter, stokes, projection, startmodel, specmode,
        reffreq, nchan, start, width, outframe, veltype, restfreq,
        interpolation, gridder, facets, chanchunks, wprojplanes, vptable,
        usepointing, mosweight, aterm, psterm, wbawp, conjbeams, cfcache,
        computepastep, rotatepastep, pblimit, normtype, deconvolver, scales,
        nterms, smallscalebias, restoration, restoringbeam, pbcor, outlierfile,
        weighting, robust, npixels, uvtaper, niter, gain, threshold, nsigma,
        cycleniter, cyclefactor, minpsffraction, maxpsffraction, interactive,
        usemask, mask, pbmask, sidelobethreshold, noisethreshold,
        lownoisethreshold, negativethreshold, smoothfactor, minbeamfrac,
        cutthreshold, growiterations, dogrowprune, minpercentchange, verbose,
        restart, savemodel, calcres, calcpsf, parallel, subregion, tmpdir)
    timelapse = 0
    t0 = time()
    # parallelization
    if ncpu > 1:
        import multiprocessing as mprocs
        casalog.post('Perform clean in parallel ...')
        print('Perform clean in parallel ...')
        pool = mprocs.Pool(ncpu)
        res = pool.map(clnpart, iterable)
        pool.close()
        pool.join()
    else:
        casalog.post('Perform clean in single process ...')
        print('Perform clean in single process ...')
        for i in iterable:
            res.append(clnpart(i))

    t1 = time()
    timelapse = t1 - t0
    print('It took %f secs to complete' % timelapse)
    # repackage this into a single dictionary
    results = {
        'Succeeded': [],
        'BeginTime': [],
        'EndTime': [],
        'ImageName': []
    }
    for r in res:
        results['Succeeded'].append(r[0])
        results['BeginTime'].append(r[1])
        results['EndTime'].append(r[2])
        results['ImageName'].append(r[3])

    if os.path.exists(tmpdir):
        os.system('rm -rf ' + tmpdir)

    return results
コード例 #2
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def ptclean(vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, ncpu, twidth, doreg, usephacenter,
            reftime, toTb, overwrite, outlierfile, field, spw, selectdata,
            timerange, uvrange, antenna, scan, observation, intent, mode,
            resmooth, gridmode, wprojplanes, facets, cfcache, rotpainc, painc,
            aterm, psterm, mterm, wbawp, conjbeams, epjtable, interpolation,
            niter, gain, threshold, psfmode, imagermode, ftmachine, mosweight,
            scaletype, multiscale, negcomponent, smallscalebias, interactive,
            mask, nchan, start, width, outframe, veltype, imsize, cell,
            phasecenter, restfreq, stokes, weighting, robust, uvtaper,
            outertaper, innertaper, modelimage, restoringbeam, pbcor, minpb,
            usescratch, noise, npixels, npercycle, cyclefactor, cyclespeedup,
            nterms, reffreq, chaniter, flatnoise, allowchunk):
    if not (type(ncpu) is int):
        casalog.post('ncpu should be an integer')
        ncpu = 8

    if doreg:
        # check if ephem and msinfo exist. If not, generate one on the fly
        try:
            ephem = hf.read_horizons(vis)
        except ValueError:
            print("error in obtaining ephemeris")
        try:
            msinfo = hf.read_msinfo(vis)
        except ValueError:
            print("error in getting ms info")
    else:
        ephem = None

    # get number of time pixels
    ms.open(vis)
    ms.selectinit()
    timfreq = ms.getdata(['time', 'axis_info'], ifraxis=True)
    tim = timfreq['time']
    # dt = tim[1]-tim[0] #need to change to median of all time intervals
    dt = np.median(np.diff(tim))
    freq = timfreq['axis_info']['freq_axis']['chan_freq'].flatten()
    ms.close()

    if twidth < 1:
        casalog.post('twidth less than 1. Change to 1')
        twidth = 1

    if twidth > len(tim):
        casalog.post(
            'twidth greater than # of time pixels in the dataset. Change to the timerange of the entire dateset'
        )
        twidth = len(tim)
    # find out the start and end time index according to the parameter timerange
    # if not defined (empty string), use start and end from the entire time of the ms
    if not timerange:
        btidx = 0
        etidx = len(tim) - 1
    else:
        try:
            (tstart, tend) = timerange.split('~')
            bt_s = qa.convert(qa.quantity(tstart, 's'), 's')['value']
            et_s = qa.convert(qa.quantity(tend, 's'), 's')['value']
            # only time is given but not date, add the date (at 0 UT) from the first record
            if bt_s < 86400. or et_s < 86400.:
                bt_s += np.fix(
                    qa.convert(qa.quantity(tim[0], 's'),
                               'd')['value']) * 86400.
                et_s += np.fix(
                    qa.convert(qa.quantity(tim[0], 's'),
                               'd')['value']) * 86400.
            btidx = np.argmin(np.abs(tim - bt_s))
            etidx = np.argmin(np.abs(tim - et_s))
            # make the indice back to those bracket by the timerange
            if tim[btidx] < bt_s:
                btidx += 1
            if tim[etidx] > et_s:
                etidx -= 1
            if etidx <= btidx:
                print "ending time must be greater than starting time"
                print "reinitiating to the entire time range"
                btidx = 0
                etidx = len(tim) - 1
        except ValueError:
            print "keyword 'timerange' has a wrong format"

    btstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(tim[btidx], 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    etstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(tim[etidx], 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]

    iterable = range(btidx, etidx + 1, twidth)
    print 'First time pixel: ' + btstr
    print 'Last time pixel: ' + etstr
    print str(len(iterable)) + ' images to clean...'

    res = []
    # partition
    clnpart = partial(
        clean_iter, tim, freq, vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, ncpu, twidth,
        doreg, usephacenter, reftime, ephem, msinfo, toTb, overwrite,
        outlierfile, field, spw, selectdata, uvrange, antenna, scan,
        observation, intent, mode, resmooth, gridmode, wprojplanes, facets,
        cfcache, rotpainc, painc, aterm, psterm, mterm, wbawp, conjbeams,
        epjtable, interpolation, niter, gain, threshold, psfmode, imagermode,
        ftmachine, mosweight, scaletype, multiscale, negcomponent,
        smallscalebias, interactive, mask, nchan, start, width, outframe,
        veltype, imsize, cell, phasecenter, restfreq, stokes, weighting,
        robust, uvtaper, outertaper, innertaper, modelimage, restoringbeam,
        pbcor, minpb, usescratch, noise, npixels, npercycle, cyclefactor,
        cyclespeedup, nterms, reffreq, chaniter, flatnoise, allowchunk)
    timelapse = 0
    t0 = time()
    # parallelization
    para = 1
    if para:
        casalog.post('Perform clean in parallel ...')
        pool = mprocs.Pool(ncpu)
        # res = pool.map_async(clnpart, iterable)
        res = pool.map(clnpart, iterable)
        pool.close()
        pool.join()
    else:
        for i in iterable:
            res.append(clnpart(i))

    t1 = time()
    timelapse = t1 - t0
    print 'It took %f secs to complete' % timelapse
    # repackage this into a single dictionary
    results = {
        'Succeeded': [],
        'BeginTime': [],
        'EndTime': [],
        'ImageName': []
    }
    for r in res:
        results['Succeeded'].append(r[0])
        results['BeginTime'].append(r[1])
        results['EndTime'].append(r[2])
        results['ImageName'].append(r[3])

    return results
コード例 #3
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def clean_iter(
        tim, vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, twidth, doreg, usephacenter,
        reftime, ephem, msinfo, toTb, overwrite, selectdata, field, spw,
        uvrange, antenna, scan, observation, intent, datacolumn, imsize, cell,
        phasecenter, stokes, projection, startmodel, specmode, reffreq, nchan,
        start, width, outframe, veltype, restfreq, interpolation, gridder,
        facets, chanchunks, wprojplanes, vptable, usepointing, mosweight,
        aterm, psterm, wbawp, conjbeams, cfcache, computepastep, rotatepastep,
        pblimit, normtype, deconvolver, scales, nterms, smallscalebias,
        restoration, restoringbeam, pbcor, outlierfile, weighting, robust,
        npixels, uvtaper, niter, gain, threshold, nsigma, cycleniter,
        cyclefactor, minpsffraction, maxpsffraction, interactive, usemask,
        mask, pbmask, sidelobethreshold, noisethreshold, lownoisethreshold,
        negativethreshold, smoothfactor, minbeamfrac, cutthreshold,
        growiterations, dogrowprune, minpercentchange, verbose, restart,
        savemodel, calcres, calcpsf, parallel, subregion, tmpdir, btidx):
    from tclean_cli import tclean_cli as tclean
    from split_cli import split_cli as split
    bt = btidx  # 0
    if bt + twidth < len(tim) - 1:
        et = btidx + twidth - 1
    else:
        et = len(tim) - 1

    if bt == 0:
        bt_d = tim[bt] - ((tim[bt + 1] - tim[bt]) / 2)
    else:
        bt_d = tim[bt] - ((tim[bt] - tim[bt - 1]) / 2)
    if et == (len(tim) - 1) or et == -1:
        et_d = tim[et] + ((tim[et] - tim[et - 1]) / 2)
    else:
        et_d = tim[et] + ((tim[et + 1] - tim[et]) / 2)

    timerange = qa.time(qa.quantity(bt_d, 's'), prec=9, form='ymd')[0] + '~' + \
                qa.time(qa.quantity(et_d, 's'), prec=9, form='ymd')[0]
    btstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(bt_d, 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    etstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(et_d, 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    print('cleaning timerange: ' + timerange)

    image0 = btstr.replace(':', '').replace('-', '')
    imname = imageprefix + image0 + imagesuffix

    # ms_tmp = tmpdir + image0 + '.ms'
    # print('checkpoint 1')
    # # split(vis=vis, outputvis=ms_tmp, field=field, scan=scan, antenna=antenna, timerange=timerange,
    # #       datacolumn=datacolumn)
    # ms.open(vis)
    # print('checkpoint 1-1')
    # ms.split(ms_tmp,field=field, scan=scan, baseline=antenna, time=timerange,whichcol=datacolumn)
    # print('checkpoint 1-2')
    # ms.close()
    # print('checkpoint 2')

    if overwrite or (len(glob.glob(imname + '*')) == 0):
        os.system('rm -rf {}*'.format(imname))
        try:
            tclean(vis=vis,
                   selectdata=selectdata,
                   field=field,
                   spw=spw,
                   timerange=timerange,
                   uvrange=uvrange,
                   antenna=antenna,
                   scan=scan,
                   observation=observation,
                   intent=intent,
                   datacolumn=datacolumn,
                   imagename=imname,
                   imsize=imsize,
                   cell=cell,
                   phasecenter=phasecenter,
                   stokes=stokes,
                   projection=projection,
                   startmodel=startmodel,
                   specmode=specmode,
                   reffreq=reffreq,
                   nchan=nchan,
                   start=start,
                   width=width,
                   outframe=outframe,
                   veltype=veltype,
                   restfreq=restfreq,
                   interpolation=interpolation,
                   gridder=gridder,
                   facets=facets,
                   chanchunks=chanchunks,
                   wprojplanes=wprojplanes,
                   vptable=vptable,
                   usepointing=usepointing,
                   mosweight=mosweight,
                   aterm=aterm,
                   psterm=psterm,
                   wbawp=wbawp,
                   conjbeams=conjbeams,
                   cfcache=cfcache,
                   computepastep=computepastep,
                   rotatepastep=rotatepastep,
                   pblimit=pblimit,
                   normtype=normtype,
                   deconvolver=deconvolver,
                   scales=scales,
                   nterms=nterms,
                   smallscalebias=smallscalebias,
                   restoration=restoration,
                   restoringbeam=restoringbeam,
                   pbcor=pbcor,
                   outlierfile=outlierfile,
                   weighting=weighting,
                   robust=robust,
                   npixels=npixels,
                   uvtaper=uvtaper,
                   niter=niter,
                   gain=gain,
                   threshold=threshold,
                   nsigma=nsigma,
                   cycleniter=cycleniter,
                   cyclefactor=cyclefactor,
                   minpsffraction=minpsffraction,
                   maxpsffraction=maxpsffraction,
                   interactive=interactive,
                   usemask=usemask,
                   mask=mask,
                   pbmask=pbmask,
                   sidelobethreshold=sidelobethreshold,
                   noisethreshold=noisethreshold,
                   lownoisethreshold=lownoisethreshold,
                   negativethreshold=negativethreshold,
                   smoothfactor=smoothfactor,
                   minbeamfrac=minbeamfrac,
                   cutthreshold=cutthreshold,
                   growiterations=growiterations,
                   dogrowprune=dogrowprune,
                   minpercentchange=minpercentchange,
                   verbose=verbose,
                   restart=restart,
                   savemodel=savemodel,
                   calcres=calcres,
                   calcpsf=calcpsf,
                   parallel=parallel)
            # print('checkpoint 3')
            if pbcor:
                clnjunks = [
                    '.flux', '.mask', '.model', '.psf', '.residual', '.pb',
                    '.sumwt', '.image'
                ]
            else:
                clnjunks = [
                    '.flux', '.mask', '.model', '.psf', '.residual', '.pb',
                    '.sumwt', '.image.pbcor'
                ]
            for clnjunk in clnjunks:
                if os.path.exists(imname + clnjunk):
                    shutil.rmtree(imname + clnjunk)
            if pbcor:
                os.system('mv {} {}'.format(imname + '.image.pbcor',
                                            imname + '.image'))
        except:
            print('error in cleaning image: ' + btstr)
            return [False, btstr, etstr, '']
    else:
        print(imname + ' exists. Clean task aborted.')

    if doreg and not os.path.isfile(imname + '.fits'):
        # ephem.keys()
        # msinfo.keys()
        try:
            # check if ephemfile and msinfofile exist
            if not ephem:
                print(
                    "ephemeris info does not exist, querying from JPL Horizons on the fly"
                )
                ephem = hf.read_horizons(vis=vis)
            if not msinfo:
                print("ms info not provided, generating one on the fly")
                msinfo = hf.read_msinfo(vis)
            hf.imreg(vis=vis,
                     ephem=ephem,
                     msinfo=msinfo,
                     timerange=timerange,
                     reftime=reftime,
                     imagefile=imname + '.image',
                     fitsfile=imname + '.fits',
                     toTb=toTb,
                     scl100=False,
                     usephacenter=usephacenter,
                     subregion=subregion)
            if os.path.exists(imname + '.fits'):
                shutil.rmtree(imname + '.image')
                return [True, btstr, etstr, imname + '.fits']
            else:
                return [False, btstr, etstr, '']
        except:
            print('error in registering image: ' + btstr)
            return [False, btstr, etstr, imname + '.image']
    else:
        if os.path.exists(imname + '.image'):
            return [True, btstr, etstr, imname + '.image']
        else:
            return [False, btstr, etstr, '']
コード例 #4
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def clean_iter(
        tim, freq, vis, imageprefix, imagesuffix, ncpu, twidth, doreg,
        usephacenter, reftime, ephem, msinfo, toTb, overwrite, outlierfile,
        field, spw, selectdata, uvrange, antenna, scan, observation, intent,
        mode, resmooth, gridmode, wprojplanes, facets, cfcache, rotpainc,
        painc, aterm, psterm, mterm, wbawp, conjbeams, epjtable, interpolation,
        niter, gain, threshold, psfmode, imagermode, ftmachine, mosweight,
        scaletype, multiscale, negcomponent, smallscalebias, interactive, mask,
        nchan, start, width, outframe, veltype, imsize, cell, phasecenter,
        restfreq, stokes, weighting, robust, uvtaper, outertaper, innertaper,
        modelimage, restoringbeam, pbcor, minpb, usescratch, noise, npixels,
        npercycle, cyclefactor, cyclespeedup, nterms, reffreq, chaniter,
        flatnoise, allowchunk, btidx):
    from taskinit import ms
    from taskinit import qa
    # from  __casac__.quanta import quanta as qa
    from __main__ import default, inp
    #from clean import clean
    from clean_cli import clean_cli as clean
    bt = btidx  # 0
    if bt + twidth < len(tim) - 1:
        et = btidx + twidth - 1
    else:
        et = len(tim) - 1

    # tim_d = tim/3600./24.-np.fix(tim/3600./24.)

    if bt == 0:
        bt_d = tim[bt] - ((tim[bt + 1] - tim[bt]) / 2)
    else:
        bt_d = tim[bt] - ((tim[bt] - tim[bt - 1]) / 2)
    if et == (len(tim) - 1) or et == -1:
        et_d = tim[et] + ((tim[et] - tim[et - 1]) / 2)
    else:
        et_d = tim[et] + ((tim[et + 1] - tim[et]) / 2)

    #
    # bt_d=tim[bt]
    # et_d=tim[et]+0.005

    timerange = qa.time(qa.quantity(bt_d, 's'), prec=9, form='ymd')[0] + '~' + \
                qa.time(qa.quantity(et_d, 's'), prec=9, form='ymd')[0]
    tmid = (bt_d + et_d) / 2.
    btstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(bt_d, 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    etstr = qa.time(qa.quantity(et_d, 's'), prec=9, form='fits')[0]
    print 'cleaning timerange: ' + timerange

    image0 = btstr.replace(':', '').replace('-', '')
    imname = imageprefix + image0 + imagesuffix
    if overwrite or (len(glob.glob(imname + '*')) == 0):
        # inp(taskname = 'clean')
        os.system('rm -rf {}*'.format(imname))
        try:
            clean(vis=vis,
                  imagename=imname,
                  outlierfile=outlierfile,
                  field=field,
                  spw=spw,
                  selectdata=selectdata,
                  timerange=timerange,
                  uvrange=uvrange,
                  antenna=antenna,
                  scan=scan,
                  observation=str(observation),
                  intent=intent,
                  mode=mode,
                  resmooth=resmooth,
                  gridmode=gridmode,
                  wprojplanes=wprojplanes,
                  facets=facets,
                  cfcache=cfcache,
                  rotpainc=rotpainc,
                  painc=painc,
                  psterm=psterm,
                  aterm=aterm,
                  mterm=mterm,
                  wbawp=wbawp,
                  conjbeams=conjbeams,
                  epjtable=epjtable,
                  interpolation=interpolation,
                  niter=niter,
                  gain=gain,
                  threshold=threshold,
                  psfmode=psfmode,
                  imagermode=imagermode,
                  ftmachine=ftmachine,
                  mosweight=mosweight,
                  scaletype=scaletype,
                  multiscale=multiscale,
                  negcomponent=negcomponent,
                  smallscalebias=smallscalebias,
                  interactive=interactive,
                  mask=mask,
                  nchan=nchan,
                  start=start,
                  width=width,
                  outframe=outframe,
                  veltype=veltype,
                  imsize=imsize,
                  cell=cell,
                  phasecenter=phasecenter,
                  restfreq=restfreq,
                  stokes=stokes,
                  weighting=weighting,
                  robust=robust,
                  uvtaper=uvtaper,
                  outertaper=outertaper,
                  innertaper=innertaper,
                  modelimage=modelimage,
                  restoringbeam=restoringbeam,
                  pbcor=pbcor,
                  minpb=minpb,
                  usescratch=usescratch,
                  noise=noise,
                  npixels=npixels,
                  npercycle=npercycle,
                  cyclefactor=cyclefactor,
                  cyclespeedup=cyclespeedup,
                  nterms=nterms,
                  reffreq=reffreq,
                  chaniter=chaniter,
                  flatnoise=flatnoise,
                  allowchunk=False)
            clnjunks = ['.flux', '.mask', '.model', '.psf', '.residual']
            for clnjunk in clnjunks:
                if os.path.exists(imname + clnjunk):
                    shutil.rmtree(imname + clnjunk)
        except:
            print('error in cleaning image: ' + btstr)
            return [False, btstr, etstr, '']
    else:
        print imname + ' exists. Clean task aborted.'

    if doreg and not os.path.isfile(imname + '.fits'):
        #ephem.keys()
        #msinfo.keys()
        try:
            # check if ephemfile and msinfofile exist
            if not ephem:
                print(
                    "ephemeris info does not exist, querying from JPL Horizons on the fly"
                )
                ephem = hf.read_horizons(vis)
            if not msinfo:
                print("ms info not provided, generating one on the fly")
                msinfo = hf.read_msinfo(vis)
            hf.imreg(vis=vis,
                     ephem=ephem,
                     msinfo=msinfo,
                     timerange=timerange,
                     reftime=reftime,
                     imagefile=imname + '.image',
                     fitsfile=imname + '.fits',
                     toTb=toTb,
                     scl100=False,
                     usephacenter=usephacenter)
            if os.path.exists(imname + '.fits'):
                shutil.rmtree(imname + '.image')
                return [True, btstr, etstr, imname + '.fits']
            else:
                return [False, btstr, etstr, '']
        except:
            print('error in registering image: ' + btstr)
            return [False, btstr, etstr, imname + '.image']
    else:
        if os.path.exists(imname + '.image'):
            return [True, btstr, etstr, imname + '.image']
        else:
            return [False, btstr, etstr, '']