ifocas

IRAF Tools Faint Object Classification

Version : 3
Author(s) : Frank Valdes (fvaldes@noao.edu)
License : AURA
Website : http://iraf.noao.edu

Installs from Open Source Astronomy for Linux cd 2
Disk space required for installation is 4.27 Mb

This package requires prior installation of iraf

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Summary

The Faint Object Classification and Analysis System, called FOCAS, is a set of programs for creating and manipulating catalogs of objects from digital astronomical images. The creation of a catalog is accomplished by an automatic threshold detector where the threshold is measured relative to a simultaneously determined background. The manipulation of catalogs includes the separation of merged objects, the measurement of various position, shape, and photometric parameters, the astronomical classification of the objects, and the display and analysis of the catalogs. This paper describes much of the workings of FOCAS with reference to the FOCAS User's Manual.

ifocas.detect - detect images in a field ifocas.evaluate - evaluate the objects in a catalog ifocas.resolution - fit resolution templates and make a classification ifocas.sky - evaluate and set the local sky for objects in a catalog ifocas.splits - separate merged objects