Munipack ‒ Sesame

# Sesame

Sesame searches an object by its name in Virtual observatory directories. If the name is recognised, Sesame returns ICRS coordinates (Right Ascension, Declination) of the object in degrees.

## Command

    munipack sesame [.. options ..] "object name"

## Description

Sesame is a resolver of astronomical objects names under Virtual Observatory. This utility sends a HTTP query to a Virtual observatory server, and returns the coordinates by parsing of the answer.

The official Web interface for Sesame is provided by SIMBAD: basic query.

## Examples

The command resolves coordinates of β Perseii:

      $ munipack sesame "beta per"
        47.04221856 40.95564667

## See Also

Virtual Observatory, sesame documentation.