# Default configuration file for SExtractor 2.5.0 # EB 2006-07-14 # #-------------------------------- 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 detection.param # name of the file containing catalog contents #------------------------------- Extraction ---------------------------------- DETECT_TYPE CCD # CCD (linear) or PHOTO (with gamma correction) DETECT_MINAREA 10 # minimum number of pixels above threshold DETECT_THRESH 6 # or , in mag.arcsec-2 ANALYSIS_THRESH 1.5 # or , 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 MASK_TYPE CORRECT # type of detection MASKing: can be one of # NONE, BLANK or CORRECT #------------------------------ Photometry ----------------------------------- PHOT_APERTURES 5 # MAG_APER aperture diameter(s) in pixels PHOT_AUTOPARAMS 2.5, 3.5 # MAG_AUTO parameters: , PHOT_PETROPARAMS 2.0, 3.5 # MAG_PETRO parameters: , # 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: or , BACK_FILTERSIZE 3 # Background filter: or , BACKPHOTO_TYPE GLOBAL # can be GLOBAL or LOCAL #------------------------------ Check Image ---------------------------------- CHECKIMAGE_TYPE SEGMENTATION # 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 #----------------------------- Miscellaneous --------------------------------- VERBOSE_TYPE NORMAL # can be QUIET, NORMAL or FULL WRITE_XML N # Write XML file (Y/N)? XML_NAME sex.xml # Filename for XML output