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.TH SEXTRACTOR "1" "May 2012" "SExtractor 3.0a6" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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sex \- extract a source catalogue from an astronomical FITS image
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sex \fIimage\fR [\fI-c configuration-file\fR]
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.RS
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[\fI-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...\fR]
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.RE
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.TP
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.B sex \fIimage\_detect\fR \fIimage_measure\fR [\fI-c configuration-file\fR]
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.RS
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[\fI-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...\fR]
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.RE
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.TP
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.B sex \fI-d\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical
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image. Although it is particularly oriented towards reduction of large scale
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galaxy-survey data, it performs rather well on moderately crowded star fields.
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.RE
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See http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor for more details.
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.SS "Operation modes:"
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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print this help, then exit
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.TP
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\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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print version number, then exit
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dump\fR
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dump a default configuration file
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.SH MANUAL
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The full documentation for
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.B SExtractor
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is maintained as a PDF manual available at
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.B http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Please report bugs to the SExtractor software forum at
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http://astromatic.net/forum.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR
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eye(1), missfits(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1),
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ww(1)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
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.SH LICENSE
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SExtractor is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL),
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version 3.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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.PP
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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