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SEXTRACTOR(1) User Commands SEXTRACTOR(1)

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

source-extractor image [-c configuration-file]

[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
[-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]

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.

print this help, then exit
print version number, then exit
dump a default configuration file

The full documentation for SExtractor is maintained as a PDF manual available at http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor

Please report bugs to the SExtractor software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum.

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

Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

SExtractor is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3.

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

February 2018 SExtractor 2.25.0