Sesame Name Resolver

<HTML> <TITLE>Sesame Name Resolver</TITLE> <BODY bgcolor="white"> <TABLE width="100%" CELLPADDING=6 CELLSPACING=0> <TR> <TD align="center"><A HREF="http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad"><IMG SRC="/vizier/simbad_icon.gif" ALIGN="middle" ALT="Jump to the Simbad home page" BORDER=0 width=140 height=61></A></TD> <TD align="center"><FONT size="+4" COLOR="#CD5B45"><B>Sesame</B></FONT> <BR><FONT size="+3">Name Resolver</FONT></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD><A HREF="http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html"><IMG SRC="/ned.png" STYLE='width:150px' ALIGN="middle" ALT="Jump to the NED home page" BORDER=0></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/vizier/"><IMG SRC="/vizier/vizier_icon.gif" ALIGN="middle" ALT="Jump to the VizieR home page" BORDER=0 width=67 height=60></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P><HR NOSHADE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE><EM> The <B>Sesame</B> Service queries several databases from the name of an astronomical object (outside the Solar System bodies), and displays some fundamental parameters (type of object, J2000 position). The databases queried are <A HREF="http://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad" TARGET="_top"><B>S</B>imbad</A>, <A HREF="http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html">NED</A>, and <A HREF="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/vizier/"><b>V</b>izieR</A>. (For more explanations, see the <a href='https://cds.unistra.fr/doc/sesame.htx'>Documentation</a>). <br> </EM> <p> <b>Solar system</b> : a solar system resolver is provided by <a href='https://ssp.imcce.fr/forms'>IMCCE</a>: <a href='https://ssp.imcce.fr/webservices/ssodnet/'>https://ssp.imcce.fr/webservices/ssodnet/</a> </p> </BLOCKQUOTE>  <P> <FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" METHOD=POST ACTION="/cgi-bin/Sesame"> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=0 bgcolor="#E0FFFF"> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="-r" VALUE="SNV" CHECKED> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Simbad first</TD></TR> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="-r" VALUE="NSV"> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>Ned first</TD></TR> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><P> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="-r" VALUE="A" CHECKED>  </TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP>All Resolvers </TD></TR> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="-r" VALUE="@">  </TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><FONT COLOR='#8B0000'>Ignore cache</FONT> </TD></TR> <TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP><P> <INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="-o" VALUE="X">  </TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT NOWRAP><EM>XML output</EM> <P> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD VALIGN=MIDDLE><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10> <TR VALIGN=BASELINE><TD><EM>Enter the name of the astronomical object</EM> <INPUT type='text' width='20' name='-name' value=""> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER NOWRAP VALIGN=MIDDLE><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE=" Submit ">  </TD></TR> <TR VALIGN=BASELINE><TD COLSPAN=2> <EM>Alternatively enter the name of the file containing object names, one per line (lines starting by <TT>#</TT> are comments) </EM><BR> <INPUT TYPE="file" SIZE=52 name="-i"> </TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE> </FORM> <P><FONT SIZE='-1'><EM><B>Note</B>: Other default settings are possible: <A HREF="/cgi-bin/Sesame/NSVA">all with NED first</A>, <U>all with Simbad first</U> , <A HREF="/cgi-bin/Sesame/NSV">NED first</A>, <A HREF="/cgi-bin/Sesame/SNV">Simbad first</A><BR> LaTeX manuscripts containing <B>\object</B> or <B>\objectname</B> macros can be tested from <A HREF="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/Objectname">here</A>. <P>Sesame also exists as an HTTP-get service, see <A HREF="https://cds.unistra.fr/doc/sesame.htx">https://cds.unistra.fr/doc/sesame.htx</A> </EM></FONT> <P> <DIV> <EM><FONT SIZE='-1'>The validity of astronomical object names may be checked <A HREF="https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/Objectname">directly on a LaTeX manuscript</A> provided the objects are marked by the <B>\object</B> or <B>\objectname</B> macro <EM>(available in the LaTeX style files for publication in A&A, ApJ, AJ and PASP journals)</EM> </FONT></EM></DIV> CDS.headStuff2Sesame@cds-sesame:8081 </body>

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