Commonly used name for the object. If a name is not found defaults to the closest possible catalog id.
type
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object
The type object.
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id
string
The type of the object as a unique id.
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name
string
The name of the type.
subType
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Sub type object
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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.
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name
string
The description or name of the sub type
crossIdentification
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array
Returns any duplicated references in all catalogs. The array of objects consists of the name and the catalogId of the referring catalog.
position
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object
Position object. Note that the object contains only the equatorial coordinates object and the constellation object.
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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.
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constellation
object
The id, short code and the name of the constellation where the object can be seen in.