NASANED Lookup Object
Look up an extragalactic astronomical object by name in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). NED is the authoritative database for extragalactic objects (galaxies, quasars, AGN, galaxy clusters) containing 1 billion+ photometry measurements for 60 million+ objects. Returns the preferred name, coordinates (RA/Dec), object type, redshift with uncertainty, distance estimates, morphology, and all alternative names. Object types: G (galaxy), QSO (quasar), GPair (galaxy pair), GClstr (galaxy c…
Overview
Look up an extragalactic astronomical object by name in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). NED is the authoritative database for extragalactic objects (galaxies, quasars, AGN, galaxy clusters) containing 1 billion+ photometry measurements for 60 million+ objects. Returns the preferred name, coordinates (RA/Dec), object type, redshift with uncertainty, distance estimates, morphology, and all alternative names. Object types: G (galaxy), QSO (quasar), GPair (galaxy pair), GClstr (galaxy cluster), AGN, RadioS (radio source).
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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Examples (1)
Default NASANED Lookup Object call
Public-safe example · rate-limited
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_NASANED_lookup_object
- Tool name
- NASANED_lookup_object
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse