Here is the response from Pascal Dubois in Strasbourg: I wrote in part: >> > Active observers on the 'vsnet' list have complained that many >> >(but not all) variable stars with the AAVSO names show this name >> >first in the hierarchy. An example is AAVSO 2230-17 = HM Aqr, but >> >there are numerous others. Pascal responded: >> The software which update Simbad, made a bug for about 300 AAVSO >> identifiers. We don't yet understand what happened. >> The AAVSO identifier should never appear in the first place. >> We will fix this problem. >> Amicalement. >> Pascal So it looks as though the names will be going away from the SIMBAD headers once the software problem is found. \Brian
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