.TH SEXTRACTOR "1" "December 2013" "SExtractor 2.19.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sextractor \- extract a source catalogue from an astronomical FITS image
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sextractor \fIimage\fR [\fI\-c configuration-file\fR]
.RS
[\fI\-parameter1 value1 \-parameter2 value2 ...\fR]
.RE
.TP
.B sextractor \fIimage\_detect\fR \fIimage_measure\fR [\fI\-c configuration-file\fR]
.RS
[\fI\-parameter1 value1 \-parameter2 value2 ...\fR]
.RE
.TP
.B sextractor \fI\-d\fR
.SH 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.
.RE
See http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor for more details.
.SS "Operation modes:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
print this help, then exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print version number, then exit
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dump\fR
dump a default configuration file
.SH MANUAL
The full documentation for
.B SExtractor
is maintained as a PDF manual available at
.B http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs to the SExtractor software forum at
http://astromatic.net/forum.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR
missfits(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1),
weightwatcher(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
.PP
.SH LICENSE
SExtractor is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL),
version 3.
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.