1# Default configuration file for SExtractor 2.5.0
2# EB 2006-07-14
3#
4
5#-------------------------------- Catalog ------------------------------------
6
7CATALOG_NAME     test.cat       # name of the output catalog
8CATALOG_TYPE     ASCII_HEAD     # NONE,ASCII,ASCII_HEAD, ASCII_SKYCAT,
9                                # ASCII_VOTABLE, FITS_1.0 or FITS_LDAC
10PARAMETERS_NAME  default.param  # name of the file containing catalog contents
11
12#------------------------------- Extraction ----------------------------------
13
14DETECT_TYPE      CCD            # CCD (linear) or PHOTO (with gamma correction)
15DETECT_MINAREA   5              # minimum number of pixels above threshold
16DETECT_THRESH    1.5            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
17ANALYSIS_THRESH  1.5            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
18
19FILTER           Y              # apply filter for detection (Y or N)?
20FILTER_NAME      default.conv   # name of the file containing the filter
21
22DEBLEND_NTHRESH  32             # Number of deblending sub-thresholds
23DEBLEND_MINCONT  0.005          # Minimum contrast parameter for deblending
24
25CLEAN            Y              # Clean spurious detections? (Y or N)?
26CLEAN_PARAM      1.0            # Cleaning efficiency
27
28MASK_TYPE        CORRECT        # type of detection MASKing: can be one of
29                                # NONE, BLANK or CORRECT
30
31#------------------------------ Photometry -----------------------------------
32
33PHOT_APERTURES   5              # MAG_APER aperture diameter(s) in pixels
34PHOT_AUTOPARAMS  2.5, 3.5       # MAG_AUTO parameters: <Kron_fact>,<min_radius>
35PHOT_PETROPARAMS 2.0, 3.5       # MAG_PETRO parameters: <Petrosian_fact>,
36                                # <min_radius>
37
38SATUR_LEVEL      50000.0        # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
39
40MAG_ZEROPOINT    0.0            # magnitude zero-point
41MAG_GAMMA        4.0            # gamma of emulsion (for photographic scans)
42GAIN             0.0            # detector gain in e-/ADU
43PIXEL_SCALE      1.0            # size of pixel in arcsec (0=use FITS WCS info)
44
45#------------------------- Star/Galaxy Separation ----------------------------
46
47SEEING_FWHM      1.2            # stellar FWHM in arcsec
48STARNNW_NAME     default.nnw    # Neural-Network_Weight table filename
49
50#------------------------------ Background -----------------------------------
51
52BACK_SIZE        64             # Background mesh: <size> or <width>,<height>
53BACK_FILTERSIZE  3              # Background filter: <size> or <width>,<height>
54
55BACKPHOTO_TYPE   GLOBAL         # can be GLOBAL or LOCAL
56
57#------------------------------ Check Image ----------------------------------
58
59CHECKIMAGE_TYPE  NONE           # can be NONE, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND_RMS,
60                                # MINIBACKGROUND, MINIBACK_RMS, -BACKGROUND,
61                                # FILTERED, OBJECTS, -OBJECTS, SEGMENTATION,
62                                # or APERTURES
63CHECKIMAGE_NAME  check.fits     # Filename for the check-image
64
65#--------------------- Memory (change with caution!) -------------------------
66
67MEMORY_OBJSTACK  3000           # number of objects in stack
68MEMORY_PIXSTACK  300000         # number of pixels in stack
69MEMORY_BUFSIZE   1024           # number of lines in buffer
70
71#----------------------------- Miscellaneous ---------------------------------
72
73VERBOSE_TYPE     NORMAL         # can be QUIET, NORMAL or FULL
74WRITE_XML        N              # Write XML file (Y/N)?
75XML_NAME         sex.xml        # Filename for XML output
76