# Default configuration file for SExtractor 2.5.0
# EB 2006-07-14
#
 
#-------------------------------- Catalog ------------------------------------
 
CATALOG_NAME     galaxyName.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  mass.param     # name of the file containing catalog contents
 
#------------------------------- Extraction ----------------------------------
 
DETECT_TYPE      CCD            # CCD (linear) or PHOTO (with gamma correction)
DETECT_MINAREA   5.            # minimum number of pixels above threshold
DETECT_THRESH    5.            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
ANALYSIS_THRESH  5.            # <sigmas> or <threshold>,<ZP> in mag.arcsec-2
 
FILTER           Y              # apply filter for detection (Y or N)?
FILTER_NAME      gauss_3.0_5x5.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

WEIGHT_TYPE      NONE

#------------------------------ Photometry -----------------------------------
PHOT_FLUXFRAC	 0.5            # Fraction of light that FLUX_RADIUS will contain  
PHOT_APERTURES   10             # MAG_APER aperture diameter(s) in pixels
PHOT_AUTOPARAMS  2.5, 3.5       # MAG_AUTO parameters: <Kron_fact>,<min_radius>
PHOT_PETROPARAMS 2.0, 3.5       # MAG_PETRO parameters: <Petrosian_fact>,
                #0.9, 1.0                 <min_radius> 2.0 3.5 = default

PIXEL_SCALE	 1.000          # Pixel size in arcsex (only for SB, FWHM etc.)
SATUR_LEVEL      5000          # level (in ADUs) at which arises saturation
 
MAG_ZEROPOINT    magZero           # magnitude zero-point
MAG_GAMMA        4.0            # gamma of emulsion (for photographic scans)
GAIN             8.0          # detector gain in e-/ADU
 
#------------------------- Star/Galaxy Separation ----------------------------
 
SEEING_FWHM      3.0            # stellar FWHM in arcsec
STARNNW_NAME     default.nnw    # Neural-Network_Weight table filename
 
#------------------------------ Background -----------------------------------
BACK_TYPE	 MANUAL
BACK_VALUE	 backgroundValue
BACK_SIZE        256            # Background mesh: <size> or <width>,<height>
BACK_FILTERSIZE  7              # Background filter: <size> or <width>,<height>
 
BACKPHOTO_TYPE   GLOBAL         # can be GLOBAL or LOCAL
 
#------------------------------ Check Image ----------------------------------
 
CHECKIMAGE_TYPE  -BACKGROUND, SEGMENTATION         
				# can be NONE, BACKGROUND, BACKGROUND_RMS,
                                # MINIBACKGROUND, MINIBACK_RMS, -BACKGROUND,
                                # FILTERED, OBJECTS, -OBJECTS, SEGMENTATION,
                                # or APERTURES
CHECKIMAGE_NAME  galaxyName.nobkg.fit, galaxyName.seg.fit  
# 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