sesame command

sesame - looks up all astronomical objects using Sesame databse

sesame objectname [debug] [skip]

sesame looks up the object specified as the first argument in a simple text catalog. It uses the Sesame Name resolver

sesame M42 
sesame "FK4 1233" 
sesame ic25 
sesame c5

The name with spaces must be in quotes. The output is a coordinate string like:

sesame m42
ra=05:35:17.3 dec=-05:23:28 equinox=2000.0 epoch=2000 name=M42

If not successful, the program prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status code. If proper motions are found, they are appended.

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

The output data is written into the file /tmp/sesame-LOGNAME.xml where LOGNAME is your account name on the computer.