[vsnet-chat 1383] Re: IAU nomenclature for USNO catalogues

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 1381] IAU nomenclature for USNO catalogues

Brian Skiff wrote:

>      Already the IAU nomenclature  committee has anticipated that the
> numbering of the faint USNO stars might be different for different editions.
> Thus the object Kato-san mentions, USNO 1425.09823278, more properly given as
> USNO-A1.0 1425.09823278.  See also the Lortet et al. "Dictionary...", whose
> entry for USNO-A1.0 is:

   This strategy sounds consistent, and I think I would in later versions
of my program follow this system.  However, in my present VS IDs, I will
retain the present numbering system so that the lists can be handled without
significant modifications of the user's system.

   In VSNET compilations, it would be more easy to convert USNO1425.09823278
to USNO-A1.0_1425.09823278, but I would prefer to use Vxxxx Cyg ;-)

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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