simpos(1)

✨ simpos ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about the manual page for simpos 💅 this is a General Commands Manual situation, so you know it's the real deal 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

simpos — find the position of a named object in the sky 🦋

like, you give it a name, it tells you where in the sky that thing is. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "celestial GPS" fr fr ⭐

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

simpos [options] [object name]

that's it. options, and maybe an object name. simple. iconic. no cap ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so simpos is this little utility for finding the coordinates of any named object in the sky, and it does that by hitting up the SIMBAD name resolver — either the one at the CDS in Strasbourg or the one at the ADS in Cambridge, MA 🫶

and here's the fun part: it can search SIMBAD, Vizier, and/or NED (NASA Extragalactic Database) — in any order. any order!! you get to choose the lineup, main character energy only 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay so here's every single one, no skipping, we're doing the full list because every flag is a baddie in its own right 💅

• object name — the name of the object you want coordinates for. that's the whole point bestie 🌟
• @listfile — a file with one object name per line. bulk mode. serve multiple looks at once 🍓
• -a — print all the information that is returned. not some. not most. all 💀
• -b <RA> <Dec> — output B1950 (FK4) coordinates instead of the default J2000 (FK5). so you're going vintage, respect 🙈
• -c — use the CDS server in Strasbourg, France rather than the default server at the Astrophysical Data System in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. pick your fave continent 🌍
• -d — output RA and Dec in degrees instead of hh:mm:ss dd:mm:ss. numbers. just numbers. raw. unhinged. obsessed 🔥
• -e — output ecliptic coordinates ✨
• -g — output galactic coordinates 🌌
• -i — print the object ID(s) that got returned 🪪
• -n — find coordinates using NED 🌈
• -s — find coordinates using SIMBAD ⭐
• -t — print the output as a tab-separated table. spreadsheet girlies rise 🧚
• -v — verbose listing of the results of the search. tell me everything, i want the tea 🍵
• -z — find coordinates in the Vizier catalogs 👑

ngl, the way -b needs <RA> and <Dec> and the others don't? that's just how it is, bestie. don't come for me, come for the manpage 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• scat()

your girl scat() is right there if you need her, iykyk 💖

🌐 WEB PAGE 🌐

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

go click it, it's the source of truth, no cap 🌸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

we stan. absolute legend. thank you for your service ma'am 🫶✨

and that's the whole page bestie 💅 this was WCSTools, dated 14 May 2015 — so yes, she's been out here slaying since 2015 and honestly? still iconic. periodt. 🎀💖