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.
Examples (1)
Default NASANED Lookup Object call
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_NASANED_lookup_object
- Tool name
- NASANED_lookup_object
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse