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astronomy-mcp-server

https://astronomy.caseyjhand.com

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Observer location is latitude/longitude in decimal degrees plus optional elevation; times are ISO 8601 UTC and default to now. This server does not geocode — resolve a place name to coordinates upstream (e.g. via openstreetmap) and a timezone via reference-data, then pass `timezone` to receive observer-local times. astronomy_list_visible is the one-call "what is up now" answer. The astronomy_get_ephemeris (small bodies) and astronomy_get_satellite_passes tools are off by default; enable them with ASTRONOMY_ENABLE_HORIZONS / ASTRONOMY_ENABLE_SATELLITES.

endpoint: https://astronomy.caseyjhand.com/mcp
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astronomy_get_sky_position unknown never probed

Compute the apparent topocentric position of one solar-system body (sun, moon, mercury through neptune, pluto) or a named bright star for an observer location and instant. Returns equatorial (RA/Dec), refraction-corrected horizontal (altitude/azimuth), and ecliptic coordinates, plus distance, apparent magnitude, angular diameter, phase angle, illuminated fraction, and the constellation it falls in. For a solar-system body it also returns that body card — classification, mean radius, naked-eye visibility — the same values served at astronomy://body/{body}, so a client without resource support does not need a second surface to reach them; a catalog star has no card and the field is absent. Positions are parallax- and aberration-corrected for the given observer; default elevation is 0 m and the default time is now. Supply `star` (e.g. "Sirius", "Polaris") instead of `body` to target a catalog star; `body` is ignored when `star` is set. Pass an IANA `timezone` to also receive the observer-local time. This server does not geocode — resolve a place name to latitude/longitude upstream first.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "body": {
      "enum": [
        "sun",
        "moon",
        "mercury",
        "venus",
        "mars",
        "jupiter",
        "saturn",
        "uranus",
        "neptune",
        "pluto"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Solar-system body to locate. Omit when targeting a named star via `star`."
    },
    "star": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Named bright star to locate (common name or Bayer designation, e.g. \"Sirius\", \"Alpha Centauri\"). Takes precedence over `body`."
    },
    "time": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Instant of observation as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-04-08T18:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees, north positive."
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for localized output, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees, east positive."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 56 lines

astronomy_get_rise_set unknown never probed

Compute rise, set, and culmination (transit) times for a body at an observer location, plus the maximum altitude at culmination. For the Sun, also returns the three twilight pairs (civil −6°, nautical −12°, astronomical −18°) so a single call answers "when does the sun set and when is it truly dark." Searches forward from `start` (default today) and returns the next `count` cycles (default 1). When the body is already above the horizon at `start`, the first cycle is the interval in progress: its `set` is the imminent one and its `rise` is null, since that rise precedes the search — so a set is never reported earlier than the rise beside it. Circumpolar or never-rises situations are reported as null rise/set fields with an explanatory note rather than an error — the fact is the answer. Default elevation is 0 m; pass an IANA `timezone` for observer-local times. This server does not geocode — resolve coordinates upstream first.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "body",
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "body": {
      "enum": [
        "sun",
        "moon",
        "mercury",
        "venus",
        "mars",
        "jupiter",
        "saturn",
        "uranus",
        "neptune",
        "pluto"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The body to compute rise/set for. Twilight is included only when this is \"sun\"."
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "maximum": 31,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of forward rise/set cycles to return. Default 1, max 31."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search start as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-06-21T00:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees, north positive."
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for localized output, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees, east positive."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 60 lines

astronomy_get_moon_phase unknown never probed
Report the Moon phase for an instant: illuminated fraction, phase name, synodic age in days since the new moon, phase angle, and the next four quarter phases (new, first quarter, full, last quarter) with timestamps. Answers "what is the moon phase tonight" and "when is the next full moon" in one call without iteration. The time defaults to now; pass an IANA `timezone` to also receive observer-local timestamps. The phase is geocentric — no observer location is needed.

mcp-tool
{ "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "properties": { "time": { "type": "string", "description": "Instant to evaluate as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-12-15T00:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process." }, "timezone": { "type": "string", "description": "IANA timezone for localized output, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only." } }, "additionalProperties": false }
arguments 15 lines

astronomy_find_events unknown never probed

Search forward from a start time for the next occurrences of one sky-event class, selected by the `event` enum: solar_eclipse, lunar_eclipse, equinox, solstice, moon_quarter, opposition, conjunction, max_elongation, or perigee_apogee. Only solar_eclipse takes an observer: pass latitude and longitude to get local circumstances (contact times plus `local_visible`). Every other class is geocentric and needs no location — a lunar eclipse is the same event everywhere the Moon is up, so it returns contact times and no `local_visible`. The body-relative events (opposition, conjunction, max_elongation, perigee_apogee) require a `body`: opposition applies to the superior planets (mars through pluto), conjunction to any planet, max_elongation to mercury and venus, and perigee_apogee to the moon (perigee/apogee), earth, or a planet (perihelion/aphelion). Returns the next `count` occurrences (default 1). Start defaults to now; pass an IANA `timezone` for observer-local timestamps.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "event"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "body": {
      "enum": [
        "sun",
        "moon",
        "mercury",
        "venus",
        "mars",
        "jupiter",
        "saturn",
        "uranus",
        "neptune",
        "pluto",
        "earth"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Target body — required for opposition, conjunction, max_elongation, and perigee_apogee; ignored otherwise. \"earth\" is accepted only for perigee_apogee, which returns its perihelion and aphelion."
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of forward occurrences to return. Default 1, max 20."
    },
    "event": {
      "enum": [
        "solar_eclipse",
        "lunar_eclipse",
        "equinox",
        "solstice",
        "moon_quarter",
        "opposition",
        "conjunction",
        "max_elongation",
        "perigee_apogee"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Which class of event to search for."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search start as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees — required for solar_eclipse to get local circumstances, ignored by every other event."
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for localized output, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees — required for solar_eclipse, ignored by every other event."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 74 lines

astronomy_list_visible unknown never probed

The one-call "what is up right now" answer. For an observer location and instant, iterate every naked-eye solar-system body (and, with include_stars, the bundled bright stars), compute altitude and azimuth, keep those above the horizon, rank them brightest-and-highest first, and attach a plain-language visibility note to each. The whole sky is gated by the Sun's altitude into daylight / civil / nautical / astronomical twilight / dark, returned alongside the list. `time` is a single evaluation instant, not a window — for "tonight" pass a time after astronomical dusk (use astronomy_get_rise_set on the sun to find it). Default elevation 0 m; use min_altitude to skip objects grazing the horizon. This server does not geocode — resolve coordinates upstream first; pass an IANA timezone for observer-local times on each body.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "time": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Evaluation instant as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-08-12T05:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A single instant, not a window. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees, north positive."
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for localized output, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees, east positive."
    },
    "min_altitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Minimum altitude in degrees to include a body. Default 0 (above the horizon); use e.g. 5 to require clearance."
    },
    "include_stars": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Include the bundled bright stars alongside planets. Default false."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 48 lines

astronomy_get_ephemeris unknown never probed

Fetch a time-series ephemeris for a small body (asteroid or comet) or spacecraft from JPL Horizons — RA/Dec, distance, and apparent magnitude over a span, optionally with observer-relative altitude/azimuth. This covers objects the in-process major-body set cannot. The designation is passed to Horizons verbatim, so it must be in a form Horizons resolves to a single record: a numbered asteroid takes a trailing-semicolon record lookup (e.g. "433;" for Eros, "1;" for Ceres), and a periodic comet takes the DES + closest-apparition form (e.g. "DES=1P;CAP" for Halley) — a bare name like "433 Eros" or "1P/Halley" returns no match or an ambiguous record list and is rejected. Spacecraft take their negative SPK-ID. `start` and `stop` are ISO 8601 UTC and `stop` must be after `start`; `step` is a count plus a unit of m, h, d, mo, or y, such as "1d", "1h", or "10m". Supplying observer latitude/longitude yields topocentric coordinates and adds alt/az — supply both or neither. This is a gated, network-backed extension (JPL Horizons is keyless but rate-limited and best-effort); large spans truncate inline at 200 rows, and the truncation notice names the exact `start` to resume from — one step past the last row returned, because Horizons includes the start instant in its output — so re-calling from there continues the series without repeating a sample. Splitting the range into smaller adjacent spans works too; keep the same step either way so no sample is lost.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "designation"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "step": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "1h",
      "description": "Step size as a positive count plus a unit of m (minutes), h (hours), d (days), mo (months), or y (years), e.g. \"10m\", \"1h\", \"1d\". Default \"1h\"."
    },
    "stop": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ephemeris stop as an ISO 8601 UTC string, and must be later than start. Defaults to 24 hours after start. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ephemeris start as an ISO 8601 UTC string, e.g. \"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z\". Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees — supply together with longitude for topocentric coordinates and alt/az. Supplying one without the other is rejected."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees. Supply together with latitude; one without the other is rejected."
    },
    "designation": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "JPL Horizons target, passed verbatim — use a form that resolves to one record. Numbered asteroid: trailing-semicolon record lookup, e.g. \"433;\" (Eros), \"1;\" (Ceres). Periodic comet: DES + closest-apparition flag, e.g. \"DES=1P;CAP\" (Halley), \"DES=2P;CAP\" (Encke). Spacecraft: negative SPK-ID, e.g. \"-48\" (Hubble). A bare name like \"433 Eros\" or \"1P/Halley\" fails. Look up designations at ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 45 lines

astronomy_get_satellite_passes unknown never probed

Predict visible passes of a satellite (e.g. the ISS, NORAD 25544) over an observer in the next `days`. Identify the satellite by exactly one of `norad_id` or `name` — supplying both, or neither, is rejected. `name` is matched as a case-insensitive substring of CelesTrak's catalog names, so it resolves only when it picks out a single object: a broader query comes back with the matching objects and their catalog numbers to choose from, and the result echoes the query that resolved it as `resolved_from_name`. Fetches the object's current GP element set from CelesTrak, propagates it with SGP4 in-process, and returns each pass's rise, peak, and set times with azimuths and the peak elevation. Only passes that are naked-eye-plausible are returned — the satellite must be sunlit at peak while the observer's sky is dark. Every returned pass rises within the requested window: a pass already underway at `start` is omitted rather than reported with `start` as its rise, so back up `start` to see it. A `start` further than about a month from the element set's epoch is rejected as out of range on that distance alone, and an element set that will not propagate to a window inside that horizon is rejected as a reentry — so an empty `passes` means only that nothing was visible. CelesTrak publishes only current element sets, so in practice `start` must be within about a month of today. NORAD catalog numbers and catalog names are found at celestrak.org or heavens-above.com. This is a gated, network-backed extension (CelesTrak is keyless but rate-limited; element sets are cached briefly). Default elevation 0 m; pass an IANA timezone for observer-local pass times.

mcp-tool

{
  "type": "object",
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "not": {
        "required": [
          "name"
        ]
      },
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "norad_id"
      ]
    },
    {
      "not": {
        "required": [
          "norad_id"
        ]
      },
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "name"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 7,
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of days ahead to search for passes. Default 7, max 10."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Satellite name to resolve against CelesTrak, e.g. \"ISS (ZARYA)\". Matched as a case-insensitive substring of the catalog name, so give the fullest name you have — a short one matches many objects and is rejected as ambiguous. Mutually exclusive with `norad_id` — supply exactly one."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search start as an ISO 8601 UTC string, within about a month of the current element set's epoch — for a tracked object that epoch is hours old, so in practice within about a month of today. A start further out is rejected rather than answered from elements that no longer describe the orbit. Defaults to now. A value with no zone designator is read as UTC, not the local zone of the server process."
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90,
      "description": "Observer latitude in decimal degrees, north positive."
    },
    "norad_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "description": "NORAD catalog number of the satellite, e.g. 25544 for the ISS. Found at celestrak.org or heavens-above.com. Mutually exclusive with `name` — supply exactly one.",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone for localized pass times, e.g. \"America/Los_Angeles\". When omitted, output is UTC-only."
    },
    "elevation": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Observer elevation in meters above sea level. Default 0."
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180,
      "description": "Observer longitude in decimal degrees, east positive."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

arguments 77 lines

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