diff --git a/csst_dfs_api/common/catalog.py b/csst_dfs_api/common/catalog.py
index a129165b0349f9f257553f92064b142d94c6607a..fb49d96589be2250c99554e4c5e2b6bef931317b 100644
--- a/csst_dfs_api/common/catalog.py
+++ b/csst_dfs_api/common/catalog.py
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ class CatalogApi(object):
 
         :returns: csst_dfs_common.models.Result
         '''
-        if not catalog_name or catalog_name not in ('gaia3', 'sim', 'trilegal_091','trilegal_093'):
-            raise Exception("catalog_name is not allowed")
         if not columns:
-            raise Exception("columns is empty")
+            columns = ('*')
         return self.stub.catalog_query(ra = ra,
                                 dec = dec, 
                                 radius = radius,