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Re: [vsnet-chat 6234] Surprisingly parallel discrepancies... > Just back from a trip through Libya I read the comments of Dr. Kato > on the surprising discrepancies between observations of V Gem [vsnet-chat > 6202]. Here are my comments on this case, using the classifications of > Dr. Kato. > 2) Group A : they are clearly misidentifications; but I cannot find out > which field star is confused with V. Possibly the 94 and 82 of the AAVSO b- > chart I understand that these observations apparently came from misidentification with a brighter star (similar confusion has been reported for other objects). But what looks to me surprising was that these estimates closely followed a fading tendency of the real V Gem, which was several magnitudes fainter. From this finding, there is apparently a neccessity for explanation in addition to simple misidentification. My hypothesis is that the observer knew that V Gem is on its fading branch, and this knowledge somehow affected the estimates even if the actually observed object is different from V Gem. Regards, Taichi Kato
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