NAME

catalog - looks up Messier and NGC,IC,Caldwell or PGC objects in simple catalog

SYNOPSIS

catalog objectname

DESCRIPTION

catalog looks up the object specified as the first argument in a simple text catalog.
catalog M42 
catalog m57 
catalog ngc253 
catalog pgc2533 
catalog ic25 
catalog c5 

The name must not contain spaces nor have leading zeros, but can be of any case. The output is a coordinate string like:

catalog m42
ra=05:35:17.3 dec=-05:23:28 equinox=2000.0 name=M42

If not successful, the program prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status code.

The command can be used in conjunction with the dopoint script to point the telescope.

NOTES

The NGC catalog has been taken from Steinicke.
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