WARNING: This search engine is in an experimental phase. There may still be bugs in the search algorithm, and there are still several objects which may not yet be catalogued. As time passes I hope to make this more complete and useful. Thank you for your patience.
Usage: The algorithm is case insensitive. It matches substrings,
so if you are unsure of the complete or official (as I see it) name of an
object, or your search fails, try using a keyword from the name. For
example, ORION has a much better chance of matching than
GREAT NEBULA IN ORION. The object name and catalog number
parameters are not exclusive. If you search for EAGLE NEBULA
and NGC 2264, both M16 (the Eagle Nebula) and NGC 2264 (the
Cone Nebula) will be returned. I haven't decided if this is a bug or a
feature yet. Finally, if you submit a request with null object name and
null catalog number, all catalogued objects of the object type, i.e.,
NEBULA, will be returned.
I hope this tool will be helpful. Please send all comments and criticisms to jparker@force.stwing.upenn.edu.