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SextractorConfigParameters Overview

Query Form

Attribute nameAttribute typeDocstringUnit
ANALYSIS_THRESHfloatThreshold at which CLASS_STAR and FWHM_ operate [mag / arcsec^2]
BACK_FILTERSIZEintSize of background filtering mask [background mesh]
BACK_SIZEintSize of a background mesh [pixel]
BACK_TYPEstrType of background subtracted from the images (AUTO, MANUAL) [None]
BACK_VALUEListOfFloatList of constant values to be subtracted from the images if BACK_TYPE is MANUAL [None]
BACKPHOTO_THICKintThickness of the background LOCAL annulus [pixel]
BACKPHOTO_TYPEstrBackground used to compute magnitudes (GLOBAL, LOCAL) [None]
CATALOG_NAMEstrName of the output catalog [None]
CATALOG_TYPEstrFormat of the output catalog (ASCII, ASCII_HEAD, ASCII_SKYCAT, ASCII_VOTABLE, FITS_1.0, FITS_LDAC) [None]
CHECKIMAGE_NAMEstrFilename for the check-image [None]
CHECKIMAGE_TYPEstrType of information to put in the check-image (NONE, IDENTICAL, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND_RMS, MINIBACKGROUND, MINIBACK_RMS, -BACKGROUND, FILTERED, OBJECTS, -OBJECTS, APERTURES, SEGMENTATION) [None]
CLEANstrClean the catalog before writing to disk (Y, N) [None]
CLEAN_PARAMfloatEfficiency of cleaning [None]
DEBLEND_MINCONTfloatMinimum contrast parameter for deblending [None]
DEBLEND_NTHRESHintNumber of deblending sub-thresholds [None]
DETECT_MINAREAintMinimum number of pixels above threshold triggering detection [pixel]
DETECT_THRESHfloatDetection threshold relative to background RMS (when THRESH_TYPE is RELATIVE) [None]
DETECT_TYPEstrType of device that produced the image (CCD, PHOTO) [None]
ExtObjectIdExtObjectIdUnique EXT object identifier [None]
FILTERstrApply filtering to the data before extraction (Y, N) [None]
FILTER_NAMEstrName of file contianing the filter definition [None]
FLAG_IMAGEstrFilename of the flag-image [None]
FLAG_TYPEstrCombination method for flags on the same object (OR, AND, MIN, MAX, MOST) [None]
GAINfloatConversion factor used for error estimates of CCD magnitudes [electron / ADU]
MAG_GAMMAfloatGamma of the emulsion (when DETECT_TYPE is PHOTO) [None]
MAG_ZEROPOINTfloatZero-point offset to be applied to magnitudes [mag]
MASK_TYPEstrMethod of masking of neighbors for photometry (NONE, BLANK, CORRECT) [None]
MEMORY_BUFSIZEintNumber of scan-lines in the image buffer [None]
MEMORY_OBJSTACKintMaximum number of objects that the object-stack can contain [None]
MEMORY_PIXSTACKintMaximum number of pixels that the pixel-stack can contain [None]
PARAMETERS_NAMEstrName of the file containing the list of parameters that will be computed and put into the catalog for each object [None]
PHOT_APERTURESintMAG_APER aperture diameters [pixel]
PHOT_AUTOAPERSfloatList of MAG_AUTO minimum circular aperture diameters (estimation disk, measurement disk) [None]
PHOT_AUTOPARAMSfloatList of MAG_AUTO controls (scaling parameter k of the first order moment and minimum R_min in units of A and B) [None]
PIXEL_SCALEfloatPixel size [arcsec / pixel]
SATUR_LEVELfloatPixel value above which it is considered saturated [count]
SEEING_FWHMfloatFWHM of stellar sources (for star/galaxy separation only) [arcsec]
STARNNW_NAMEstrName of the file containing the neural-network weights for star/galaxy separation [None]
THRESH_TYPEstrMeaning of DETECT_THRESH and ANALYSIS_THRESH parameters (RELATIVE, ABSOLUTE) [None]
VERBOSE_TYPEstrDegree of verbosity output, one of: QUIET, NORMAL, LOG or FULL [None]
WEIGHT_IMAGEstrFilename of the detection and measurement weight-image [None]
WEIGHT_TYPEstrWeighting scheme for weight-image (NONE, BACKGROUND, MAP_RMS, MAP_VAR, MAP_WEIGHT) [None]

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