[vsnet-chat 184] Re: V vs v

[Bill Dillon <bdillon@houston.geoquest.slb.com>]

Berto Monard wrote (in part):

> Question is, how should we go about it? If the sequences are
> given in V and B we can convert them to v.  Is that practical?
> Guidelines please!

I think it would be best to allow your variable star organization
to worry about that.  They could study your past observations compared
to the mean to derive any corrections, if needed (as Taichi has
been demonstrating lately).

You might do more harm than good by applying your own home-brewed
corrections (unless you report the correction applied).
It's the people who have the most data that are best in a position
to study this.

Just be sure to use standardized charts, however imperfect
they may be.  Whatever small errors you make, there's someone out
there making the opposite error.

Quantity, as someone once said, has a quality all its own.  I believe
the quote was applied to the Red Army, but it holds for variable star
observing too.

Regards,

Bill Dillon  (DIL)
bdillon@houston.geoquest.slb.com
http://vsnet.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7477/

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