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+.help photpars May00 noao.digiphot.daophot
+.ih
+NAME
+photpars -- edit the photometry parameters
+.ih
+USAGE
+photpars
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls weighting = "constant"
+The type of weighting. The weighting is ignored by the PHOT task. The options
+are:
+.ls constant
+Uniform weights of 1 for each pixel are used.
+.le
+.ls cone
+A conical weighting function of full width half maximum \fIfwhmpsf\fR as
+defined in the DATAPARS parameter set is used.
+.le
+.ls gauss
+A Gaussian weighting function of full width half maximum \fIfwhmpsf\fR as
+defined in the DATAPARS parameter set is used.
+.le
+.le
+.ls apertures = "3" (scale units)
+A list of aperture radii in units of the  scale parameter or the name of the
+file containing the list of apertures. List elements may be separated by
+whitespace or commas. A ranges syntax of the form ap1:apN:apstep is also
+supported. 
+.le
+.ls zmag = 25.00
+The zero point offset for the magnitude scale. 
+.le
+.ls mkapert = no
+Mark the photometry apertures on the displayed image?
+.le
+
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+
+The integral of the flux within the circular apertures specified by
+\fIapertures\fR is computed by summing pixels in the aperture with
+the specified weighting function \fIweighting\fR. The fraction of each pixel
+lying within the aperture is computed by an approximation and all the
+approximations are summed.  The zero point of the magnitude
+scale is determined by \fIzmag\fR.
+
+\fRApertures\fR is specified in units of the image scale. If \fIscale\fR
+is specified in units of the half-width at half-maximum of the point
+spread function the aperture per pixel  a single value of apertures
+will work well on images with differing psfs.
+
+
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+
+1. List the PHOTPARS parameters.
+
+.nf
+    da> lpar photpars
+.fi
+
+2. Edit the PHOTPARS parameters.
+
+.nf
+    da> photpars
+.fi
+
+3. Edit the PHOTPARS parameters from with the PHOT task.
+
+.nf
+    da> epar phot
+
+	... edit a few phot parameters
+
+	... move to the photpars parameter and type :e
+
+	... edit the photpars parameters and type :wq
+
+	... finish editing the phot parameters and type :wq
+.fi
+
+4. Save the current PHOTPARS parameter set in a text file photnite1.par.
+   This can also be done from inside a higher level task as in the above
+   example.
+
+.nf
+    da> photpars
+
+	... type ":w photnite1.par"  from within epar
+.fi
+
+.ih
+TIME REQUIREMENTS
+.ih
+BUGS
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+epar,datapars,centerpars,fitskypars,phot
+.endhelp