Query astronomical databases (SIMBAD, NASA Exoplanets, JPL, Gaia, ALMA) via aqc-mcp (npx)

Recipe: Query astronomical databases (SIMBAD, NASA Exoplanets, JPL, Gaia, ALMA, and 18 more) via aqc-mcp

Server: [email protected] (npx, stdio) Tools: 23 — covering SIMBAD, VizieR, Gaia, ALMA, ADS, AAVSO, Fermi, ESASky, ESO, NASA Exoplanet Archive, HEASARC, IRSA, JPL Horizons, JPL SBDB, MAST, NED, NIST lines, SDSS, Splatalogue Auth:* None for most tools. ads_search requires ADS_DEV_KEY or ADS_API_KEY env var.

Spawn

{ "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "aqc-mcp@latest"] }

Example 1 — Look up an astronomical object in SIMBAD

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","id":3,"params":{"name":"simbad_query","arguments":{"object_name":"Andromeda Galaxy"}}}

Response:

oid: 1575544
main_id: M  31
ra: 10.684708333333333
dec: 41.268750000000004
radial_velocity: -300
galdim_majaxis: 199.53
galdim_minaxis: 70.79
morphological_type: SA(s)b

Example 2 — Find confirmed exoplanets around TRAPPIST-1

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","id":3,"params":{"name":"exoplanet_query","arguments":{"hostname":"TRAPPIST-1","max_results":10}}}

Response: Tabular data with planet name, discovery method (Transit), discovery year (2016), orbital period, radius (Earth radii), mass (Earth masses), and equilibrium temperature. Returns multiple parameter sets per planet from different publications.

Tool overview (all 23)

Notes

• All tools support lang: "zh" for Chinese output
• Coordinate-based tools use degrees (RA 0–360, Dec −90 to +90)
• ADQL tools (gaia_adql, fermi_lat_adql, irsa_tap) accept raw SQL-like queries for advanced queries
• jpl_horizons computes real ephemerides for any solar system body with configurable time steps