FOCAS - Faint Object Classification and Analysis System

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.

Images Routines
autoclean     clean an image
chimhdr        change an image header
deblank         replace blank pixels
exfld              extract a subfield
expand         expand an image
opimg           operate on images
primhdr        print an image header
primhst         print an image histogram
rcam             read CAMERA format data
rfits                read FITS format data
rpds               read PDS format data
wfits              write FITS format data

Catalog Routines
addfields       average image files
autofocas      automatic FOCAS processing
autopsf          automatically find a PSF
avgsky          create an average sky
catlist             list objects parameters
catsort           sort a catalog
clean              remove objects from an image
detect            detect objects in an image
evaluate        evaluate objects
filter               filter objects
findstars       automatically find stars
info                 print catalog header
merge            merge catalogs
name              print the field name
objects           print the number of objects
pairs               form pairs of objects
resolution      determine resolution and classify
review           display review of catalog
select             select objects by number
setcat             initialize and modify catalog header
shortcat         make compact catalog
splits               separate merged objects
template        form an average object template
tapecat          write ascii card image tape

Matched Catalog Routines
match             match catalogs
mcatlist          general parameter listing
mextract        extract a single catalog
mfilter             filter entries
minfo               print catalog information
mreview         display review of catalog
mstat               print matching statistics

Analysis Routines
binstrm            calculate binned statistics
fltstrm              filter numbers in a stream
lines                 select lines
linfit                  linear regression on a stream
opstrm             general stream calculator
pad                   pad or block strings
skip                   periodically skip through a stream
statstrm           vector statistics of a stream
table                 tabulate newline separated strings

Display and Plotting Routines
bitimage          make a bit image raster
display            IIS image display control
graph               generate a graph for UNIX plotting
verimhst          Versatec plot of image histogram
verplot             Versatec stream plotter
verspool          spool a raster to the Versatec
vtimhst            VT100 plot of image histogram
vtplot               VT100 stream plotter

Data Structures
imgdef             image file header structure
objrec             catalog object record structure
sgparm           catalog header structure

General
focasman        print online manual pages
focasnews      print news and updates
autorcam        read CAMERA format data
avfld                 extract a subfield
debias              compute and subtract a bias strip
fvpds                read PDS format tape
profiles            profile values across an image
rotate               rotate or flip an image
objimages       extract object images
matchlist         list  entry object parameters
verprofiles     Versatec profile plot  of image
vtprofiles        VT100 profile plot of image

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