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Algorithm

The following criterion is used to decide whether two sources are the same. great_circle < max( MINSEP, RMULT*(err1+err2) ) where 'great_circle' is the angular separation of the sources, MINSEP is the estimate of the systematic error in the posi- tions of the sources, RMULT is a multiplicative fudge factor, and err are the positional errors of the sources.

If two sources satisfy this criterion, then one of them is chosen for the output catalogue ( the other may be output to a rejects catalogue if that option is selected ).



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