[vsnet-chat 728] Re: on charts and sequences

["Víctor R. Ruiz" <rvr@idecnet.com>]

At 22:19 31/01/98 +0900, you wrote:

  Hello:

>> If we want observers to mark the the sequence used, we need a good data
>> entry program, andstandardize our databases. This program most be easy to
>> use (the previuos versions of the KSOLO wanted too many data to type - I
>> just want to test the new one).

  Is think is almost the same. In this address you will find a program that
have been used successfully for six years in Canary Islands Varible Star
Group. It's under DOS and in spanish, sorry, but produces automatically the
AAVSO's .RAW and .SUM files. Take it from
http://ccdis.dis.ulpgc.es:8086/AAGC/secamm/rv30.zip (123 KB). It prints
light curves.

>  Apart from this, there is another important problem of prevailing several
>sorts of commercial star mapping programs which quite easily shows any part
>of the sky, including variable stars.  The displayed magnitudes are sometimes
>from GSC, SAO etc.  Even worse is the inconsistent treatment of multiple
>entries in GSC of the same object.  Some programs display average, while
>others do some selection.  It is not enough to specify "GSC" as the source
>of comparison.

  Maybe the AAVSO should free their comparision star magnitudes from its
Atlas, and we can format them to SkyMap, Guide or Megastar.

  Good nights... of good observing!


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Víctor R. Ruiz                rvr@idecnet.com
   Agrupación Astronómica de Gran Canaria
  Sociedad de Meteoros y Cometas de España
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