🔎Search Result Properties
Search result items follows a common object schema. This page describes the different fields and what to expect as the values.
The following properties are returned in the search results objects returned from the API.
Section | Subsection | Data Type | Description |
id | - | string | Unique identifier for the object. |
name | - | string | Commonly used name for the object. If a name is not found defaults to the closest possible catalog id. |
type | - | object | The type object. |
- | id | string | The type of the object as a unique id. |
- | name | string | The name of the type. |
subType | - | Sub type object | |
- | id | string | The sub type of the object as a unique id. For stars this will return the spectral class while for DSO objects returns the sub type based on the type of the object. |
- | name | string | The description or name of the sub type |
crossIdentification | - | array | Returns any duplicated references in all catalogs. The array of objects consists of the |
position | - | object | Position object. Note that the object contains only the equatorial coordinates object and the constellation object. |
- | equatorial | object | Position object in equatorial coordinates. Object will return the values in Right Ascension and Declination (RA/Dec) format. Numerical and literal values are returned. |
- | constellation | object | The id, short code and the name of the constellation where the object can be seen in. |
Sample response object
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