Index: /branches/eam_branch_20080223/Ohana/src/addstar/src/ReadImageHeader.c
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--- /branches/eam_branch_20080223/Ohana/src/addstar/src/ReadImageHeader.c	(revision 16788)
+++ /branches/eam_branch_20080223/Ohana/src/addstar/src/ReadImageHeader.c	(revision 16789)
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
   double tmp, sec, Cerror, ZeroPt;
   char *c, photname[64], line[80];
+
+  // zero out the entire image structure
+  memset (image, 0, sizeof(Image));
 
   /* get astrometry information */
@@ -132,6 +135,9 @@
 
   tmp = 0;
-  gfits_scan (header, "TRATE",   "%lf", 1, &tmp);
-  image[0].trate = 10000 * tmp;
+  if (gfits_scan (header, "TRATE",   "%lf", 1, &tmp)) {
+    image[0].trate = 10000 * tmp;
+  } else {
+    image[0].trate = 0.0;
+  }
 
   image[0].secz = NAN;