SEXTRACTOR(1)

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version 2.28.2 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ SEXTRACTOR ✨

aka source-extractor — the manual, but make it cute 💅

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about the icon that is SExtractor. this is the User Commands page, and yes we're reading it together, no you cannot skip it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

source-extractor — extract a source catalogue from an astronomical FITS image ⭐

like. it finds the little guys in your space pictures and writes them all down. that's the whole vibe.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

source-extractor image [-c configuration-file]
       [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
source-extractor image_detect image_measure [-c configuration-file]
       [-parameter1 value1 -parameter2 value2 ...]
source-extractor -d

three whole moods, pick your fighter 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image. it's literally the main character of galaxy-survey pipelines.

it's particularly oriented towards reduction of large scale galaxy-survey data, but ngl it also performs rather well on moderately crowded star fields. versatile queen 👑

more details over at http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor if you wanna go deeper, and you should, fr fr ✨

💫 Operation modes: 💫

  • -h, --help — prints this help, then exits. the classic "what does this do again" button 🙈
  • -V, --version — prints the version number, then exits. for when you need to know exactly which era of slay you're running 💅
  • -d, --dump — dumps a default configuration file. a whole starter pack, just for you 🎁

📖 MANUAL 📖

the full documentation for SExtractor is maintained as a PDF manual, available at http://astromatic.net/software/sextractor

yes bestie, a PDF. we love a legacy format. go read it, it's giving thorough 🌈

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

please report bugs to the SExtractor software forum</at> at http://astromatic.net/forum.

not me asking you to post on a forum but that's literally where the bugs go, periodt 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the whole friend group, the squad, the ensemble cast:

missfits(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1), weightwatcher(1)

(yes, swarp (1) has a space in there, I'm not touching it, that's just how it is 💀)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

written by Emmanuel Bertin (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) 💖

we stan. icon behaviour. no cap.

⚖️ LICENSE ⚖️

SExtractor is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3. 🌸

this is free software; see the source for copying conditions. there is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

like, genuinely, absolutely no warranty. not even a little one. dramatic but true, bestie 😭

SExtractor 2.28.2 · December 2024

and that's the whole page, you ate that, go extract some sources 🧚💜

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