[vsnet-chat 2316] Re: Overlap of variable star survey

["Fraser Farrell" <fraserf@dove.net.au>]

G'day all,

On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 02:03:37 +0900, Seiichi Yoshida wrote:
> As a conclusion, many variable stars must be remained unknown even in
> the area where some projects have searched in past. There are many
> areas not yet searched all over the celestial globe, so enormous
> variable stars must be remained unknown.

..and waiting to be discovered by any good observer!

Because most surveys have been done from the northern hemisphere, our
incompleteness is even greater for southern skies.  Many actual and
suspected variables continue to be discovered down here; with nothing 
more than an alert eyeball, a knowledgeable brain, and a little bit of
optical assistance.

Two that I've noticed myself are the very red CCCS 2031, and the
cataclysmic(?) variable in front of NGC5128; both with a mere 150mm 
aperture from the suburbs.  And if I can discover new variables then 
anyone can... ;-)


> The lists of new variable stars discovered by the projects introduced
> here are available at "Reference Catalogs" in the MISAO Project Home Page:

> http://vsnet.info.waseda.ac.jp/muraoka/members/seiichi/misao/doc/reference.html



cheers,
Fraser Farrell

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