<p>I'm trying to get some data about the moon from <a href="http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SIMBAD</a> (specifically, radiation spectrum in certain wavelengths), and I encountered an unexpected problem: I can't find the Moon.</p>
<p>In SIMBAD, I can search using several different methods. Since I'm looking for a specific object in the sky, I thought the best method would be just to search for the moon by its name, using &quot;Query by identifiers&quot;.</p>
<p>It may sound silly, but the problem is I don't know what is the nomenclature of the moon, nor how to find it. Using the obvious guesses (&quot;Moon&quot;, &quot;Luna&quot;, etc.) gave me nothing. What am I missing here? Does identifier mean something else than what I thought?</p>
<p>P.S. This problem also occurred to me while searching for the Sun, which signals to me that I'm probably missing something critical here...</p>

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You don’t really need Simbad for this - your best bet is probably searching [NASA ADS](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu) for “moon” or “lunar” along with other relevant keywords.
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How to search SIMBAD using identifiers?
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# How to search SIMBAD using identifiers?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-07)

I'm trying to get some data about the moon from [SIMBAD](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid) (specifically, radiation spectrum in certain wavelengths), and I encountered an unexpected problem: I can't find the Moon.

In SIMBAD, I can search using several different methods. Since I'm looking for a specific object in the sky, I thought the best method would be just to search for the moon by its name, using "Query by identifiers".

It may sound silly, but the problem is I don't know what is the nomenclature of the moon, nor how to find it. Using the obvious guesses ("Moon", "Luna", etc.) gave me nothing. What am I missing here? Does identifier mean something else than what I thought?

P.S. This problem also occurred to me while searching for the Sun, which signals to me that I'm probably missing something critical here...

**Tags:** the-moon, spectroscopy, data-analysis, raw-data
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You don’t really need Simbad for this - your best bet is probably searching [NASA ADS](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu) for “moon” or “lunar” along with other relevant keywords.  

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