SIPS and DATE_OBS keyword in FITS

[ScubaMike]

Hi All,

Just taken some data on 2013 US10 Catalina, and find that the DATE_OBS keyword in the FITS header that is required for CometAlignment module in Pixinsight is missing.  I think this is a fault in the SIPS software that came with the G2-8300 camera, which I'll be taking up with the manufacturers.

However, the DATE_BEG keyword is there.

Doers anyone know of a batch process to insert keywords into FITS headers, giving it the value of an existing keyword ?

Don't fancy doing 300 keyword inserts :s

[MCinAZ]

Doers anyone know of a batch process to insert keywords into FITS headers, giving it the value of an existing keyword ?

  This is a fairly straightforward task if you can use the WCStools suite. There's a program called sethead which will insert keywords into FITS headers. I've used this extensively to insert DATE-OBS records into files using a script.