SIMBAD
Set of
Identifications,
Measurements and
Bibliography
for
Astronomical
Data.
The world reference database for the identification of
astronomical objects.
SIMBAD provides information on the bibliography, as well
as available basic information such as the nature of the
object, its coordinates, magnitudes, proper motions and
parallax, velocity/redshift, size, spectral or
morphological type, and the multitude of names
(identifiers) given in the scientific articles.
This mobile version is a light version of SIMBAD, it can
be queried by object name or coordinates.
SIMBAD is hosted by the Strasbourg astronomical
Data Center
(CDS)
which is dedicated to the collection and
worldwide distribution of astronomical data and
related information.