GET sim-id

u-strasbg.fr:simbad-astronomical-database-api

Summary: Query by Object Identifier
Operation ID: queryByIdentifier
Auth: unknown
Description

Retrieve detailed information about an astronomical object by its name or identifier.

Parameters (2)

Ident (string, query, required)

Object name or identifier (e.g., 'M31', 'Sirius', 'NGC 224')

output.format (string, query, optional, default: ASCII)

Output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['ASCII', 'HTML']}

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
Query by Object Identifier openapi-spec http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=M31
Query by Object Identifier probe-gate http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=M31&output.format=ASCII

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:25:31.224111 200 350ms
2026-03-23 09:40:38.413450 200 396ms
2026-03-20T02:46:32.499189 200 591ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:40:38.413450 78233eca40fe 43ad3a4083af
2026-03-23 10:25:31.224111 43ad3a4083af 67d9bfc67eeb