Editing Astrophysics Data System (section)

===Object name searches===
The capability to search for papers on specific astronomical objects is one of ADS's most powerful tools. The system uses data from the [[SIMBAD]], the [[NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database]], the [[International Astronomical Union]] Circulars and the [[Lunar and Planetary Institute]] to identify papers referring to a given object, and can also search by object position, listing papers which concern objects within a 10 [[arcminute]] radius of a given [[Right Ascension]] and [[Declination]]. These databases combine the many catalogue designations an object might have, so that a search for the [[Pleiades]] will also find papers which list the famous [[open cluster]] in [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]] under any of its other catalog designations or popular names, such as M45, the Seven Sisters or Melotte 22.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://doc.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs_doc/help_pages/search.html#SIMBAD/NED/LPI/IAUC_Object_Names/Position |title=SAO/NASA ADS HELP: Abstract Query Form |at=2.2.2.2 - SIMBAD/NED/LPI/IAUC Object Names/Position |publisher=Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |access-date=30 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091500/http://doc.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs_doc/help_pages/search.html#SIMBAD/NED/LPI/IAUC_Object_Names/Position |archive-date=9 May 2008}}</ref>