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I noticed in the last few days in SIMBAD that a number of variable
stars now have old-style AAVSO 'Harvard' designations included among
the aliases. A check this evening using a global search showed that
indeed 4497 stars have such names added. The on-line Lortet et al
'Dictionary...' shows the following:
AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers)
Write: <<AAVSO HHMM+DDA>> N=5864
Object [V*] (SIMBAD class: V* = Variable Star)
Note: In the acronym format coordinates are 1900 coordinates.\br
See AAVSO database (http://vsnet.aavso.org).
Auth.: -
Origin of the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)
Thus to look up a star by the AAVSO name, just type 'AAVSO' in front
of the digits, e.g.: 'AAVSO 0000+63' for NSV 25 (which is the first
star by RA in the list). Yes, the dictionary entry says 5864 stars,
but the search picked up 4497 of them. No, I don't know why.
\Brian
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