Template:CelestialRefEx/doc

Documentation
CelestialRefEx is suitable for use in External Links sections


 * Link to its entry in the SIMBAD Astronomical Database
 * extra links to other entries for the object in online databases.

It follows a similar format to JPL Small Body

Example:

Yields:



The other parameters you are most likely to use are Siblings = show and Plot = (radius in arcmins).

Note: siblings and plot are hidden by default, because many objects don't have siblings, and because the plot needs its radius set (otherwise plot may be too dense to read, or have nothing in it).

Uses the page name, if none is given, so if the Wikipedia page name is recognized as a celestial object by SIMBAD, this is all you need: Best to include the page name though if there is a chance the page might get renamed.

Techy note
This template calls CelestialRef/Extras

Examples
Any identifier recognized by Simbad for its sim-basic will do.

So, these are all possible: etc.

Displayed as:



Siblings
You can add a link for siblings e.g.  *



This may be useful if the object is part of a larger group and this is relevant to the article citing it, in this case the Hyades super cluster.

Star plot
The advantage of the star plot extra link is that it lets the author of the page preset the radius for the plot. For some objects this needs to be large, e.g. 20 arcmins or more. For others, that shows far too many objects and a smaller radius in arcsecs is appropriate. Example: *

yields

to plot stars within 5 arcmins of HD 189733b

Example:

yields

to plot stars within 50 arcsecs of Alpha Centauri