[vsnet-chat 4931] Re: new southern variables

[Roger Pickard <rdp@star.ukc.ac.uk>]

Dear Vello (and Fraser),
I was amazed to read Fraser's message on VSNET recently together with a
copy of your original e-mail.
Frazer has already answered a number of points about catalogues etc., your
survey and others similar and even covers the usefulness (although I
didn't like being reminded of what Don Bradman did!) of what you're doing,
so I wont dwell on those points.
It's certainly sad that Frank Bateson didn't show any interest, but I know
he is looking forward to retirement, and at age 90, I guess he's entitled
to do so!
As for the AAVSO, they can be great at times but at others you wouldn't
think they existed but it's still surprising they didn't bite!
I'd like to be able to say that the British Astronomical Association could
help, but we only have limited resources and would do no more than store
images for the time being.   However, if you could extract date, time and
mag etc. for each one then we could certainly incorporate them into our
database more readily.   That said, our database is predominantly of
northern hemisphere stars (although we do have a few variables south of
the equator on our programme and tend to exchange information with the
RASNZ). 
The work you're doing is very worthwhile and must be preserved.
Best wishes,
Roger
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Roger Pickard,
Director, BAA Variable Star Section,
28 Appletons,
Hadlow,
Kent TN11 0DT.
England.
Tel: 01732 850663 (Int: +441732850663)
E-mail: rdp@star.ukc.ac.uk
BAA VSS Web Page: www.britastro.org/vss

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