>> However, not all revised positions are merged into SIMBAD... Sometimes this depends on the amount of time the SIMBAD librarians have to work over a new list. >> So, where is the best place to look up the latest revised position of >> variable stars? The GCVS on-line query service: http://vsnet.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/cgi-bin/search_new.html As an alternative, for known/designated variables, probably vsnet-id is as good a place as any. Remember that the Moscow GCVS group are the final arbiters, and in case of ambiguous IDs, they should be relied upon to do the most thorough job of tracking the original discovery back into the literature, and indeed to the archive plates, e.g.: http://vsnet.konkoly.hu/cgi-bin/IBVS?5298 \Brian
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