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# Default configuration file for SExtractor 2.5.0
# EB 2006-07-14
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#-------------------------------- Catalog ------------------------------------
CATALOG_NAME test.cat # name of the output catalog
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CATALOG_TYPE FITS_LDAC # 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 2 # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH 1.5 # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 2 # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
FILTER Y # apply filter for detection (Y or N)?
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FILTER_NAME gauss_4.0_7x7.conv # name of the file containing the filter
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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
MASK_TYPE CORRECT # type of detection MASKing: can be one of
# NONE, BLANK or CORRECT
WEIGHT_TYPE NONE
#------------------------------ 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>
SATUR_LEVEL 50000.0 # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
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
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_SIZE 64 # Background mesh: <size> or <width>,<height>
BACK_FILTERSIZE 3 # Background filter: <size> or <width>,<height>
BACKPHOTO_TYPE GLOBAL # can be GLOBAL or LOCAL
#------------------------------ Check Image ----------------------------------
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#CHECKIMAGE_TYPE MODELS, -MODELS, -BACKGROUND # can be NONE, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND_RMS,
# MINIBACKGROUND, MINIBACK_RMS, -BACKGROUND,
# FILTERED, OBJECTS, -OBJECTS, SEGMENTATION,
# or APERTURES
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#CHECKIMAGE_NAME prof.fits,subprof.fits,orig.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
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#------------------------------- 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]
ASSOCCOORD_TYPE PIXEL # ASSOC coordinates: PIXEL or WORLD
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
WRITE_XML Y # Write XML file (Y/N)?
XML_NAME sex.xml # Filename for XML output