# Configuration file for SExtractor 2.3b2
# Marco C. Leoni
# 02 Dec. 2003
# specific vars to set: PARAMETERS_NAME, FILTER_NAME, STARNNW_NAME
 
#-------------------------------- Catalog ------------------------------------
 
CATALOG_NAME    spexter.cat     # output catalog
CATALOG_TYPE    ASCII_HEAD      # "NONE","ASCII_HEAD","ASCII","FITS_1.0"
                                # or "FITS_LDAC"

# name of the file containing catalog contents 
PARAMETERS_NAME /home/spexter/spexter/conf/sex/acs.par
 
#------------------------------- Extraction ----------------------------------
 
DETECT_TYPE     CCD             # "CCD" or "PHOTO"
FLAG_IMAGE      flag.fits       # filename for an input FLAG-image
DETECT_MINAREA  5               # minimum number of pixels above threshold
####DETECT_THRESH   1.5             # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
DETECT_THRESH   500.0           # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
####ANALYSIS_THRESH 1.5             # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH 500.0           # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
 
FILTER          Y               # apply filter for detection ("Y" or "N")?
FILTER_NAME     /home/spexter/spexter/conf/sex/default.conv    # 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: <Kron_fact>,<min_radius>
 
SATUR_LEVEL     50000.0         # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
 
#MAG_ZEROPOINT   0.0             # magnitude zero-point
MAG_ZEROPOINT   25.2            # magnitude zero-point
MAG_GAMMA       4.0             # gamma of emulsion (for photographic scans)
#GAIN            0.0             # detector gain in e-/ADU
GAIN            1.0             # detector gain in e-/ADU
#PIXEL_SCALE     1.0             # size of pixel in arcsec (0=use FITS WCS info)
PIXEL_SCALE     0.05            # size of pixel in arcsec (0=use FITS WCS info)
 
#------------------------- Star/Galaxy Separation ----------------------------
 
#SEEING_FWHM     1.2             # stellar FWHM in arcsec
SEEING_FWHM     1.6             # stellar FWHM in arcsec
STARNNW_NAME    /home/spexter/spexter/conf/sex/default.nnw    # Neural-Network_Weight table file
 
#------------------------------ 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 ----------------------------------
 
CHECKIMAGE_TYPE NONE            # can be one of "NONE", "BACKGROUND",
                                # "MINIBACKGROUND", "-BACKGROUND", "OBJECTS",
                                # "-OBJECTS", "SEGMENTATION", "APERTURES",
                                # or "FILTERED"
CHECKIMAGE_NAME check.fits      # Filename for the check-image
 
#--------------------- Memory (change with caution!) -------------------------
 
MEMORY_OBJSTACK 2000            # number of objects in stack
MEMORY_PIXSTACK 200000          # number of pixels in stack
MEMORY_BUFSIZE  1024            # number of lines in buffer
 
#----------------------------- Miscellaneous ---------------------------------
 
VERBOSE_TYPE    NORMAL          # can be "QUIET", "NORMAL" or "FULL"