Name

       simpos - Find position of a named object in the sky

Synopsis

       simpos [options] [object name]

Description

       simpos  is  a  utility  for  finding the coordinates of any named object in the sky using the SIMBAD name
       resolver at either the CDS in Strasbourg or the ADS in Cambridge, MA.   It  can  search  SIMBAD,  Vizier,
       and/or NED (NASA Extragalactic Database) in any order.

Options

       object name
              Name of object for which to find coordinates.

       @listfile
              File with one object name per line.

       -a     Print all information that is returned

       -b <RA> <Dec>
              Output B1950 (FK4) coordinates instead of default J2000 (FK5)

       -c     Use  the CDS server in Strasbourg, France rather than the default server at the Astrophysical Data
              System in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

       -d
               Output RA and Dec in degrees instead of hh:mm:ss dd:mm:ss

       -e     Output ecliptic coordinates

       -g     Output galactic coordinates

       -i     Print object ID(s) returned

       -n     Find coordinates using NED

       -s     Find coordinates using SIMBAD

       -t     Print output as tab-separated table

       -v     Verbose listing of results of search

       -z     Find coordinates in the Vizier catalogs

See Also

       scat()

Web Page

       http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/scat/

Author

       Jessica Mink, SAO (jmink@cfa.harvard.edu)