source-extractor1
Extract a source catalogue from an astronomical fits image
Usage
source-extractor image
[-c
configuration-file]
Overview
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:
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-h, --help -
print this help, then exit
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-V, --version -
print version number, then exit
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-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
Releases
3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 1 time.