[vsnet-campaign-sn2002ap 157] Re: The correct name of the supernova

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

Re: The correct name of the supernova

> I wonder who invented an erroneous convention of writing supernova
>names in all upper case letters.

It can possibly be caused by AAVSO format....  Please remember that
the correct designation of supernovae would be

SN 2002ap          or
Supernova 2002ap

The space is necessary, which should be omitted in VSNET reporting.

Sincerely,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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