[vsnet-chat 4255] Re: clarification

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 4253] clarification

Bish Ishibashi-san wrote:

> >   I understand Ishibashi's standpoint (and Stan's as well), but I think we
> >"VSNETers" (at least as one of its administrators) should not introduce
> >a "bad custom" of the professional community.  The first person who
> 
> Ugh, it sounds like I was *encouraging* the VSNET community to practice
> the *bad* custom of the professional community, or whatever Dr. Kato implied 
> by that statement. 

   No, no ;-).  As one of professional astronomers, I know what is the
practice.  I should have added that this is not a custom what *all*
professionals do, but there are many more prefessionals who are trying
as much as possible to encourage and qualify amateur astronomers
even in the professional astronomical context.  We have received a number
of such messages (we have regarded Ishibashi-san's message as such)
encouraging amateur astronomers and/or amateur-professional cooperations.
However, there indeed exist professional astronomers who publish amatuer's
findings as if they are discovered by these professional authors.
The context may be different from the original thread, but I suspect
that the recent problem of delayed prediscovery announcements is partly
introduced from such kind of professional attitudes, and resulting in
frustrations and/or discordance between observers.  I think professionals
are in some part responsible for that.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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