name mode

Input

name mode has the following two arguments. If they are omitted then they will be prompted for.

db-name

The name of the name resolver database which is to be queried (see Section ). The usual choice is simbad_ns@eso, the SIMBAD name resolver provided by ESO using the SIMBAD integrated database maintained by the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS).

object-name

The name of an astronomical object which is to be resolved. It should be entered without embedded spaces. The case of letters (upper or lower) is not usually significant. That is, case is not significant for simbad_ns@eso and probably will not be significant for other name resolvers.

Output

If the name resolver resolves the given name, that is successfully looks it up and finds coordinates for it, then they are displayed, for example:

Right Ascension: +10:47:50
Declination: +12:34:57

The Right Ascension is in sexagesimal hours, the Declination in sexagesimal degrees and both are for equinox J2000. If the name could not be resolved then catremote reports:

! Failure: unable to resolve object name.