Index: /trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psastro.config
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--- /trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psastro.config	(revision 35023)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psastro.config	(revision 35024)
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@
 
 
-# revised setup for MD nightly stack inputs, should work for 2-30
-# - same as DEEPCAL for now until decide if need to deal with differently such as for edge skycells
+# revised setup for MD nightly stack inputs, should work for case of N~2-30
+# - similar to DEEPCAL except for MIN.NSTAR 5 to attemp more edge skycells if poorer
 STATICSKY_NIGHTCAL   METADATA
-   PSASTRO.CATDIR                  STR   PS1.REF.20120524  # reset here to make sure same catalog is used when reprocessing set uniformly
+   PSASTRO.CATDIR                  STR   PS1.REF.20120524  # reset here to ensure same catalog is used when reprocessing set uniformly
    REFSTAR_MASK                    BOOL  FALSE
    PSASTRO.SAVE.REFMATCH           BOOL  FALSE
@@ -453,11 +453,11 @@
    PSASTRO.MATCH.FIT.NITER 	   S32   5
    PSASTRO.MAX.ERROR       	   F32   0.2  # in arcsec units, still liberal limit for well known astrometry for skycells
-   PSASTRO.MIN.NSTAR       	   S32   10   # edges may not have many and require special treatment 
-END
-
-
-# revised setup for DEEP/MDS stacks with range of inputs, should work for 2(edges)-500 inputs with MIN/MAX.INST.MAG.RAW
+   PSASTRO.MIN.NSTAR       	   S32   5    # edges may not have many and require special treatment 
+END
+
+
+# revised setup for DEEP/MDS stacks with range of inputs, should work for N~2(edges)-500 inputs with large MIN/MAX.INST.MAG.RAW
 STATICSKY_DEEPCAL   METADATA
-   PSASTRO.CATDIR                  STR   PS1.REF.20120524  # reset here to make sure same catalog is used when reprocessing set uniformly
+   PSASTRO.CATDIR                  STR   PS1.REF.20120524  # reset here to ensure same catalog is used when reprocessing set uniformly
    REFSTAR_MASK                    BOOL  FALSE
    PSASTRO.SAVE.REFMATCH           BOOL  FALSE
@@ -478,5 +478,5 @@
    DVO.GETSTAR.MAX.RHO		   F32	 2600.0  # slightly larger than MAX.NREF 
    DVO.GETSTAR.MIN.MAG.INST        F32   -25.0   # set absurd range to cover large range of exptime, then clamp...
-   DVO.GETSTAR.MIN.MAG		   F32	 14.5    # only used if keyword problem, instead
+   DVO.GETSTAR.MIN.MAG		   F32	 14.5    # only used if keyword problem so also using CLAMP_MAG_MIN
    REFSTAR_CLAMP_MAG_MIN 	   F32	 14.5    # saturation in MD ~14 even in y-band, so toss out brighter in the list
    DVO.GETSTAR.FIXED.ZEROPT        F32   0.0     # not really needed, exptime overly dominates