Output files¶
Diagnostic files¶
Two types of files can be generated by SExtractor, providing diagnostics about the source extraction process:
- “Check-images” are FITS files containing raster images such as maps of the
background model, apertures, etc.. The configuration parameters
CHECKIMAGE_TYPEandCHECKIMAGE_NAMEallow the user to provide a list of check-image types and file names, respectively, to be produced by SExtractor. A complete list of available check-image types is given in §[chap:paramlist]. - An XML file providing a processing summary and various statistics in
VOTable format is written if the
WRITE_XMLswitch is set toY(the default). TheXML_NAMEparameter can be used to change the default file namesex.xml. The XML file can be displayed with any recent web browser; the XSLT stylesheet installed together with SExtractor will automatically translate it into a dynamic, user-friendly web-page. For more advanced usages (e.g., access from a remote web server), alternative XSLT translation URLs may be specified using theXSL_URLconfiguration parameter.