NAME

       source-extractor - extract a source catalogue from an astronomical FITS image

SYNOPSIS

       source-extractor image [-c configuration-file]
              [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

       source-extractor image_detect image_measure [-c configuration-file]
              [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

       source-extractor -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

        missfits(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1), weightwatcher(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.

COPYRIGHT

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO  warranty;  not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.