Added/revised informational messages.

spacetelescope · Jan 17, 2025 · eda8f64 · eda8f64
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ number of the code change for that issue.  These PRs can be viewed at:
 ==================
 
 - Added new header keywords and match requirements for relative fitting. [#1860]
+
+- Further changes/tuning to improve the alignment results after deprecated Photutils
+  functionality was upgraded. [#nnnn]
 
 
 3.9.0 (16-Dec-2024)

diff --git a/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py b/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ def build_auto_kernel(imgarr, whtarr, fwhm=3.0, threshold=None, source_box=7,
         kernel_fwhm = fwhm
         kernel = build_gaussian_kernel(fwhm, npixels=source_box)
 
+        log.info(f"Finished build_auto_kernel")
+
     return (kernel, kernel_psf), kernel_fwhm
 
 

diff --git a/drizzlepac/haputils/product.py b/drizzlepac/haputils/product.py
@@ -495,21 +495,17 @@ def align_to_gaia(
                         headerlet_filenames=headerlet_filenames, fit_label=fit_label
                     )
                 else:
-                    log.warning("No satisfactory fit found for any catalog.")
+                    log.warning("No satisfactory fit found for any catalog. No correction to absolute astrometric frame applied.\n")
                     raise ValueError
 
         except Exception:
             # Report a problem with the alignment
             if fit_label.upper().strip() == "SVM":
                 log.warning(
-                    "EXCEPTION encountered in align_to_gaia for the FilteredProduct.\n"
-                )
+                    "EXCEPTION encountered in align_to_gaia for the FilterProduct. Proceeding with previous best solution.\n")
             else:
                 log.warning(
-                    "EXCEPTION encountered in align_to_gaia for the SkyCellProduct.\n"
-                )
-            log.warning("No correction to absolute astrometric frame applied.\n")
-            log.warning("Proceeding with previous best solution.\n")
+                    "EXCEPTION encountered in align_to_gaia for the SkyCellProduct. Proceeding with previous best solution.\n")
 
             # Only write out the traceback if in "debug" mode since not being able to
             # align the data to an absolute astrometric frame is not actually a failure.