<p>It looks like SIMBAD has a way to automate this with a list of coordinates, but I tried just a simple search for your first coordinate pair:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to SIMBAD and click the &quot;<a href="https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fcoo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">coordinate query</a>&quot; tab near the top.</li>
<li>Then I typed in <a href="https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=81.70929343540975%203.0956682931066135&amp;Radius=30&amp;Radius.unit=arcsec" rel="nofollow noreferrer">your coordinates and selected a 30 arcsec search radius</a>. The output is a table of sources near your coordinates, with distances from your coordinates:</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=81.70929343540975%203.0956682931066135&amp;Radius=30&amp;Radius.unit=arcsec" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3enbX.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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<li>It looks like the first row of the search result table is the star you are looking for, so I clicked on the link to go to the <a href="https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%40798193&amp;Name=*%20psi02%20Ori" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SIMBAD page for psi Ori</a>.</li>
<li>You can skip the first section of &quot;Basic data&quot; and look at the second section, &quot;Identifiers&quot;. There you can see that one of the names the object goes by is HD 33715.</li>
</ol>

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giardia
<p>Which database matches HD numbers (or other names) with positions of stars? I would like to insert the list of positions. Gaia does not provide that, right? Thank you</p>
<p>I tried SIMBAD and obtained
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/cC0Rs.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/cC0Rs.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2022-09-14T08:43:11.760Z
is SIMBAD what you are looking for? https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid
lucas
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2022-09-14T09:16:44.783Z
Your screenshot looks like you want to do reverse search: from position to catalogue number? That said: not every HD catalogue entry is a real entry - and that is indicated in simbad's answers: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/III/182/errors.htx
planetmaker
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2022-09-14T10:06:59.547Z
So, it is not possible to obtain a name by entering the coordinates?
Elena Greg
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HD numbers according to the positions
Elena Greg
# HD numbers according to the positions

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-14)

Which database matches HD numbers (or other names) with positions of stars? I would like to insert the list of positions. Gaia does not provide that, right? Thank you

I tried SIMBAD and obtained
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/cC0Rs.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/cC0Rs.png)

**Tags:** naming
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: is SIMBAD what you are looking for? https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid  
> **username_2**: Your screenshot looks like you want to do reverse search: from position to catalogue number? That said: not every HD catalogue entry is a real entry - and that is indicated in simbad's answers: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/III/182/errors.htx  
> **username_0**: So, it is not possible to obtain a name by entering the coordinates?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2022-09-15. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It looks like SIMBAD has a way to automate this with a list of coordinates, but I tried just a simple search for your first coordinate pair:

1. Go to SIMBAD and click the "[coordinate query](https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fcoo)" tab near the top.
2. Then I typed in [your coordinates and selected a 30 arcsec search radius](https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=81.70929343540975%203.0956682931066135&Radius=30&Radius.unit=arcsec). The output is a table of sources near your coordinates, with distances from your coordinates:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3enbX.png)](https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=81.70929343540975%203.0956682931066135&Radius=30&Radius.unit=arcsec)

3. It looks like the first row of the search result table is the star you are looking for, so I clicked on the link to go to the [SIMBAD page for psi Ori](https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%40798193&Name=*%20psi02%20Ori).
4. You can skip the first section of "Basic data" and look at the second section, "Identifiers". There you can see that one of the names the object goes by is HD 33715.


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