Astronomical object lookup from SIMBAD by name
Astronomical object lookup from SIMBAD by name - RA/Dec in degrees and sexagesimal, object type, spectral type, parallax distance, radial velocity and size
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Endpoint
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/astronomy/object
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | saylorinnovations.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | no x402 terms | 404 | 223 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"name": "M31"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"POST",
"PUT",
"PATCH",
"DELETE",
"HEAD"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Object identifier, e.g. M31, Sirius, NGC 224, HD 209458",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"coordinates": {
"description": "Geographic coordinates",
"type": "object"
},
"distance_light_years": {
"description": "Distance light years",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"main_id": {
"description": "Main id identifier",
"type": "string"
},
"major_axis_arcmin": {
"description": "Major axis arcmin",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"object_type": {
"description": "Object type",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"parallax_mas": {
"description": "Parallax mas",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"query": {
"description": "The query as the server interpreted it",
"type": "string"
},
"radial_velocity_km_s": {
"description": "Radial velocity km s",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"simbad_url": {
"description": "Simbad URL",
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"description": "Data source the values come from",
"type": "string"
},
"spectral_type": {
"description": "Spectral type",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"main_id",
"coordinates"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "json",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}