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[vsnet-chat 4379] re Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:43:37 +0000
- To: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: crawl@zoom.co.uk
- Subject: [vsnet-chat 4379] re Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?
- Sender: owner-vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Stan Walker wrote:
>Maybe we should get rid
>of the constellation names too and start with Andromeda as 1, with Vulpecula
>or whatever as 88?
Funny you should say that ;)
The GCVS has been using this sort of thing as an internal coding for some
time now, such that the current online version stars at 010001 for R And
and ends with 880405 for V0405 Vul (sic)...
...so that's mostly there, but it still has padded zeros!
Cheers
John
JG, UK
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