[vsnet-chat 1335] Re: Designation of new variable stars

[bas@lowell.Lowell.Edu (Brian Skiff)]

     It would seem to me that if there is no designation from an ordinary
catalogue (I would include the GSC and A1.0 as among these), the most
convneient temporary designations are those based on coordinates, something
like:  J123456+1234.5, where the position is given to the precision of
one time-second in RA and 0'.1 in Dec.  This enough "resolution" to prevent
problems nearly always, and avoids ad hoc designations such as "Peg2" that
clutter the literature.  It is preferable to include a designator as a 
prefix as well, so the recent discoveries could be something like:
"BAO J232845+2834.1" or "KAIT ...." (just making up the numbers).
     There is actually an IAU nomenclature committee that recommends usage
in this area.  See:

http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/Dic

...and links provided there about assignning new names.

\Brian

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