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sex - extract a source catalog from an astronomical FITS image
sex
image [-c configuration-file] [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
- sex
image_detect image_measure [-c configuration-file]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2
value2 ...]
- sex -d
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://terapix.iap.fr/soft/sextractor
for more details.
- -h, --help
- print this help, then exit
- -V,
--version
- print version number, then exit
- -d, --dump
- dump a default configuration
file
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.
Report bugs to <sextractor@iap.fr>.
swarp(1)
The full documentation
for SExtractor is maintained as a Postscript manual available at http://terapix.iap.fr/soft/sextractor
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