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3.2rc1 SkyCoord.from_name('UMa II') does not work

See original GitHub issue

>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
>>> SkyCoord.from_name('Uma II')  # Or 'UMa II'
NameResolveError: Unable to find coordinates for name 'Uma II'

but a subsequent call with a different star worked

>>> SkyCoord.from_name('Uma I')  # Or 'UMa I'
<SkyCoord (ICRS): (ra, dec) in deg
    (158.72, 51.92)>

So, I don’t think this is a network problem, but rather 'Uma II' not in their database anymore?

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Created 4 years ago
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bsipoczcommented, May 9, 2019

No, I believe it’s not a bug anywhere (definitely not with us) but simply a change on the of simbad. When you type in UMa II in their webform it also return nothing, but if you say NAME UMa II Galaxy then it has something.

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pllimcommented, May 9, 2019