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A dynamic database of astronomical objects. This tag should be used for programming questions related to querying the simbad database.

A dynamic database of astronomical objects operated at the Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, France. Acronym stands for "Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data". This tag should be used for programming questions related to querying the simbad database.

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Using Python - After a coordinate query in Simbad, how do I extract the image generated by Aladin (opened with the Simbad plot button on the website)?

Basic Goal: Given a set of sky coordinates (ra, dec), this Python function should return a FITS image of the sky centered at those coordinates. Detailed Goal: The function will perform a coordinate query using astroquery and simbad. Ideally, it will…
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I want SIMBAD to treat the dash(hyphen) as a space

I have a code using astroquery.Simbad to query star names. However Simbad working with names like "LP 944-20". However, the data contains names as "LP-944-20". How can i make code to ignore that first dash(hyphen)? My code: from astroquery.simbad…
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How to concat rows into a single row with ADQL

How can one concatinate several rows into one row using ADQL (Astronomical Data Query Language)? What I am trying to do, is to select all alternative names of an object and concate them like this: M 13 Hercules cluster to M 13, Hercules…
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