.TH SEXTRACTOR "1" "January 2013" "SExtractor 2.8.6" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sextractor \- extract a source catalog 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
On Debian systems, sample SExtractor parameter files are installed to
/usr/share/sextractor.
.RE
.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 EXAMPLE
For a minimal sextractor run, without customizing any of the
parameters, use

\fBsextractor file.fits \-c /usr/share/sextractor/default.sex \-PARAMETERS_NAME /usr/share

.SH AUTHOR
Written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Observatoire de Paris).
.PP
Copyright 1994-2005 Emmanuel Bertin
.RE
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <sextractor@iap.fr>.
.PP
The full documentation for
.B SExtractor
is maintained as a Postscript manual available at
.B http://terapix.iap.fr/soft/sextractor
; on Debian systems, it is also installed to
/usr/share/doc/sextractor/.