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extract a source catalogue from an astronomical FITS image

Synopsis

sex image [-c configuration-file]

[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

sex image_detect image_measure [-c configuration-file]

[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

sex -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.

See http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor for more details.

Operation modes

-h,  --help

print this help, then exit

-V,  --version

print version number, then exit

-d,  --dump

dump a default configuration file

Manual

The full documentation for SExtractor is maintained as a PDF manual available at http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor

Reporting Bugs

Please report bugs to the SExtractor software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum.

See Also

eye(1), missfits(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1), ww(1)

Authors

Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

License

SExtractor is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3.

Referenced By

psfex(1), scamp(1), swarp(1).

July 2024 SExtractor 2.25.0