sex(1) - Linux man page

Name

sex - extract a source catalog 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://terapix.iap.fr/soft/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

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>.

See Also

swarp(1)

The full documentation for SExtractor is maintained as a Postscript manual available at http://terapix.iap.fr/soft/sextractor