[vsnet-alert 4023] RE: KZ Gem photometry request

[aah@nofs.navy.mil]

Now, that is surprising.  Brian found a star in USNO-A2.0
with coordinates
KZ Gem:  6 53 02.47  +16 40 00.1 (2000)
Gordon did a solution with respect to GSC-ACT and got
        06 53 02.47  +16 39 58.8 
which differs from the USNO-A2.0 position by 1.3arcsec in Dec.
Since USNO-A2.0 was created using ACT, this means either (a)
this object has a fair amount of proper motion, or (b) there
is a problem with USNO-A or GSC-ACT at this position.  Can
you check a couple of other stars in the field to see if they
have similar errors?
Arne

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