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SExtractor: Software for source extraction
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We present the automated techniques we have developed for new software that optimally detects, deblends, measures and classifies sources from astronomical images: SExtractor (Source Extractor ). We show that a very reliable star/galaxy separation can be achieved on most images using a neural network trained with simulated images. Salient features of SExtractor include its ability to work on very large images, with minimal human intervention, and to deal with a wide variety of object shapes and magnitudes. It is therefore particularly suited to the analysis of large extragalactic surveys.
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- Bertin, E., & Arnouts, S.
- Venue
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Published
- 1996-06
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 393-404
- ISSN
- 0365-0138 (ISSN-L)
- 1286-4846
- OpenAlex
- W2142238829
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- 0
- FWCI
- 44.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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