The Journal of Open Source Software · 2016 · 412 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyComputer ScienceAstrophysicsComputer VisionObservational AstronomyComputational AstrophysicsImage SegmentationInformation ExtractionStar CatalogsAstronomical ObservationAstronomical SourcesCommand-line InterfacesExtragalactic Source CatalogsSky Background EstimationSource Catalog ConstructionSource DetectionSource Extraction
Source Extractor It reads in FITS format files, performs a configurable series of tasks, including background estimation, source detection, deblending and a wide array of source measurements, and finally outputs a FITS format catalog file.
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SExtractor: Software for source extraction
E. Bertin, S. Arnouts · Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 1996 · 11K citations · Full text