# Forgemesh Astronomy Image Feed

> Forgemesh Astronomy Image Feed is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns today's featured astronomy image with its title and full explanatory caption as structured JSON, refreshed every 6 hours

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/astronomy-image-feed
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-astronomy-image-feed-10fc1d14
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hBwWy_Az7Cl44P9f3u59f

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-astronomy-image-feed-10fc1d14 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's today's featured astronomy image? Get me the title, full caption, and image URL so I can include it in today's space digest.

## When to prefer this

When you need a daily rotating space image with contextual explanation in structured JSON format, suitable for content agents, digest bots, or education tools — especially when you want cached, low-latency delivery without managing a static image library

## Known failure modes

- No image available for the current day — upstream data source not yet updated
- Cache miss causing slight delay on first request within a 6-hour window
- Malformed or empty body returning 400 or 422 error
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 protocol returning 402 status
- Upstream astronomy image source temporarily unavailable causing 503 or timeout

## How this service works

Pulls the current day's featured astronomy image along with its title and full explanatory caption, as structured JSON. Built for content agents, daily digest bots, and education tools that want a rotating supply of space imagery with context attached rather than a static image library. Cached 6 hours.

## Output

A JSON object containing the current day's featured astronomy image URL, its title, and a full explanatory caption, cached and refreshed every 6 hours

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/eagle.jpg",
   "title": "The Eagle Nebula",
   "explanation": "..."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-astronomy-image-feed-10fc1d14/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)