NAME
sextractor - extract a source catalog from an astronomical FITS image
SYNOPSIS
sextractor image [-c configuration-file]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
sextractor image_detect image_measure [-c configuration-file]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
sextractor -d
DESCRIPTION
SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an
astronomical image. Although it is particularly oriented towards
reduction of large scale galaxy-survey data, it performs rather well on
moderately crowded star fields.
On Debian systems, sample SExtractor parameter files are installed to
/usr/share/sextractor.
Operation modes:
-h, --help
print this help, then exit
-V, --version
print version number, then exit
-d, --dump
dump a default configuration file
EXAMPLE
For a minimal sextractor run, without customizing any of the
parameters, use
sextractor file.fits -c /usr/share/sextractor/default.sex
-PARAMETERS_NAME /usr/share/sextractor/default.param -FILTER N
AUTHOR
Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris and
Observatoire de Paris).
Copyright 1994-2005 Emmanuel Bertin
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <sextractor@iap.fr>.
The full documentation for SExtractor is maintained as a Postscript
manual available at http://terapix.iap.fr/soft/sextractor ; on Debian
systems, it is also installed to /usr/share/doc/sextractor/.