def catalog(self):
        """
        Read the output catalog produced by the last SExtractor run.
        Output is a list of dictionaries, with a dictionary for
        each star: {'param1': value, 'param2': value, ...}.
        """

        output_f = SExtractorfile(self.config['CATALOG_NAME'], 'r')
        c = output_f.read()
        output_f.close()

        return c