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

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/.

SExtractor 2.8.6                                  January 2013                                     SEXTRACTOR(1)