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The problem isn't the magnitude, it's whether you can see it or not. Why do some observers with suitable aperture 'see' SS Aur whilst others (again with suitable aperture) do not? Is something going on with SS Aur itself, or is there an ID problem? Gary ------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Poyner garypoyner@blueyonder.co.uk gp@star.sr.bham.ac.uk http://vsnet.garypoyner.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/varstars.html -------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taichi Kato" <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> To: <vsnet-chat@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 11:38 AM Subject: [vsnet-chat 6156] Re: SS Aur problem > Re: [vsnet-chat 6151] Re: SS Aur problem > > > I'm afraid this is yet another case of scatter being introduced into the > > data by the use of different sequences to some extent. > > Simultaneous observations by observers using divergent sequences will not > > clarify the situation. > > First try to observe with observer's familiar chart, and make comparison. > The next step is to see whether the result is dependent on different > charts. If these results are not consistent (i.e. more than 0.2 mag > difference), we possibly need to search for a different reason. There > seem to have been too(?) many "14.5 mag" detections, and they don't > look like observer-specific. > > Regards, > Taichi Kato >
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