default.sex

# Default configuration file for SExtractor 2.12.4
# EB 2010-10-10
#
 
#-------------------------------- Catalog ------------------------------------
 
CATALOG_NAME     test.cat       # name of the output catalog
CATALOG_TYPE     ASCII_HEAD     # NONE,ASCII,ASCII_HEAD, ASCII_SKYCAT,
                                # ASCII_VOTABLE, FITS_1.0 or FITS_LDAC
PARAMETERS_NAME  default.param  # name of the file containing catalog contents
 
#------------------------------- Extraction ----------------------------------
 
DETECT_TYPE      CCD            # CCD (linear) or PHOTO (with gamma correction)
DETECT_MINAREA   3              # min. # of pixels above threshold

DETECT_THRESH    1.5            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH  1.5            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
 
FILTER           Y              # apply filter for detection (Y or N)?
FILTER_NAME      default.conv   # name of the file containing the filter
 
DEBLEND_NTHRESH  32             # Number of deblending sub-thresholds
DEBLEND_MINCONT  0.005          # Minimum contrast parameter for deblending
 
CLEAN            Y              # Clean spurious detections? (Y or N)?
CLEAN_PARAM      1.0            # Cleaning efficiency
 
#-------------------------------- WEIGHTing ----------------------------------

WEIGHT_TYPE      NONE           # type of WEIGHTing: NONE, BACKGROUND,
                                # MAP_RMS, MAP_VAR or MAP_WEIGHT
WEIGHT_IMAGE     weight.fits    # weight-map filename

#-------------------------------- FLAGging -----------------------------------

FLAG_IMAGE       flag.fits      # filename for an input FLAG-image
FLAG_TYPE        OR             # flag pixel combination: OR, AND, MIN, MAX
                                # or MOST

#------------------------------ Photometry -----------------------------------
 
PHOT_APERTURES   5              # MAG_APER aperture diameter(s) in pixels
PHOT_AUTOPARAMS  2.5, 3.5       # MAG_AUTO parameters: <Kron_fact>,<min_radius>
PHOT_PETROPARAMS 2.0, 3.5       # MAG_PETRO parameters: <Petrosian_fact>,
                                # <min_radius>
PHOT_AUTOAPERS   0.0,0.0        # <estimation>,<measurement> minimum apertures
                                # for MAG_AUTO and MAG_PETRO

SATUR_LEVEL      50000.0        # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
SATUR_KEY        SATURATE       # keyword for saturation level (in ADUs)
 
MAG_ZEROPOINT    0.0            # magnitude zero-point
MAG_GAMMA        4.0            # gamma of emulsion (for photographic scans)
GAIN             0.0            # detector gain in e-/ADU
GAIN_KEY         GAIN           # keyword for detector gain in e-/ADU
PIXEL_SCALE      1.0            # size of pixel in arcsec (0=use FITS WCS info)
 
#------------------------- Star/Galaxy Separation ----------------------------
 
SEEING_FWHM      1.2            # stellar FWHM in arcsec
STARNNW_NAME     default.nnw    # Neural-Network_Weight table filename
 
#------------------------------ Background -----------------------------------
 
BACK_TYPE        AUTO           # AUTO or MANUAL
BACK_VALUE       0.0            # Default background value in MANUAL mode
BACK_SIZE        64             # Background mesh: <size> or <width>,<height>
BACK_FILTERSIZE  3              # Background filter: <size> or <width>,<height>
 
#------------------------------ Check Image ----------------------------------
 
CHECKIMAGE_TYPE  NONE           # can be NONE, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND_RMS,
                                # MINIBACKGROUND, MINIBACK_RMS, -BACKGROUND,
                                # FILTERED, OBJECTS, -OBJECTS, SEGMENTATION,
                                # or APERTURES
CHECKIMAGE_NAME  check.fits     # Filename for the check-image
 
#--------------------- Memory (change with caution!) -------------------------
 
MEMORY_OBJSTACK  3000           # number of objects in stack
MEMORY_PIXSTACK  300000         # number of pixels in stack
MEMORY_BUFSIZE   1024           # number of lines in buffer
 
#------------------------------- ASSOCiation ---------------------------------

ASSOC_NAME       sky.list       # name of the ASCII file to ASSOCiate
ASSOC_DATA       2,3,4          # columns of the data to replicate (0=all)
ASSOC_PARAMS     2,3,4          # columns of xpos,ypos[,mag]
ASSOC_RADIUS     2.0            # cross-matching radius (pixels)
ASSOC_TYPE       NEAREST        # ASSOCiation method: FIRST, NEAREST, MEAN,
                                # MAG_MEAN, SUM, MAG_SUM, MIN or MAX
ASSOCSELEC_TYPE  MATCHED        # ASSOC selection type: ALL, MATCHED or -MATCHED

#----------------------------- Miscellaneous ---------------------------------
 
VERBOSE_TYPE     NORMAL         # can be QUIET, NORMAL or FULL
HEADER_SUFFIX    .head          # Filename extension for additional headers
WRITE_XML        N              # Write XML file (Y/N)?
XML_NAME         sex.xml        # Filename for XML output
XSL_URL          file:///usr/local/share/sextractor/sextractor.xsl
                                # Filename for XSL style-sheet