astronomy - How to get positions of stars in the night sky using Google map Sky API -
after viewing documentation of google earth sky api, know using can render night sky.
however, can know exact positions , names of stars? furthermore, can enumerate stars in sky?
i not know if google sky api has catalog of stars in sky; not make sense maintain kind of resource because there astronomical catalogs very well. many of these astronomical archives have apis. if want work within google sky framework try looking @ kml file primary astronomical database of objects:
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/googlesky-pages/simbad.kml
they created while ago, , have not confirmed continues function optimally. stars brought down based on tile , magnitude.
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