NAME

       hawki_step_detect_obj - Object detection recipe

SYNOPSIS

       esorex hawki_step_detect_obj [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       hawki_step_detect_obj -- hawki detect objects recipe.

       This  recipe  detects objects from the combined image creating a mask and a list of object
       properties The input of the recipe files listed in the Set Of Frames  (sof-file)  must  be
       tagged    as:    combined.fits    COMBINED    The    recipe    creates   as   an   output:
       hawki_step_detect_obj_mask.fits (OBJ_MASK): A mask with 1 where the  objects  are  present
       and  0  elsewhere  hawki_step_detect_obj_stars.fits (OBJ_PARAM): A table with the detected
       objects characteristics Return code: esorex exits with an error code of 0  if  the  recipe
       completes successfully or 1 otherwise

OPTIONS

       --sigma_det <float>
              detection  level (float; default: 6.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex
              configuration file is hawki.hawki_step_detect_obj.sigma_det [default = 6.0].

       --growing_radius <long>
              radius of convolution kernel to apply to objects (long; default: 5). The full  name
              of     this     option     for     the     EsoRex     configuration     file     is
              hawki.hawki_step_detect_obj.growing_radius [default = 5].

       Note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing  these  options,  along
       with  suitable default values. Please refer to the details provided by the 'esorex --help'
       command.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for the hawki pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF  file  using  the
       following URL:

              ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/hawki/hawki-pipeline-manual-1.8.12.pdf

       An   overview   over   the   existing   ESO  pipelines  can  be  found  on  the  web  page
       http://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/.

       Basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex (1) man page.

       It is possible to call the pipelines  from  python  using  the  python-cpl  package.   See
       http://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for further information.

       The  other  recipes  of  the hawki pipeline are hawki_step_stitch(7), hawki_cal_zpoint(7),
       hawki_util_gendist(7),            hawki_step_apply_dist(7),             hawki_cal_flat(7),
       hawki_util_stdstars(7),       hawki_step_basic_calib(7),       hawki_step_photom_2mass(7),
       hawki_util_extinction(7),        hawki_step_compute_bkg(7),         hawki_step_combine(7),
       hawki_cal_dark(7),  hawki_sci_jitter(7), hawki_tec_filtchk(7), hawki_step_subtract_bkg(7),
       hawki_step_refine_offsets(7), hawki_cal_distortion(7), hawki_step_stats(7)

VERSION

       hawki_step_detect_obj 1.8.12

AUTHOR

       Cesar Enrique Garcia Dabo <usd-help@eso.org>

BUG REPORTS

       Please report any problems to usd-help@eso.org. Alternatively, you may send  a  report  to
       the ESO User Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>.

LICENSE

       This  file  is  part  of  the  HAWKI  Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002,2011 European
       Southern Observatory

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License  as  published  by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;
       without  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
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