[vsnet-chat 4365] Re: TMZ etc... orthography

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 4363] TMZ etc... orthography

> I am working under DOS and DOS accept only eight marks. That's why I 
> prefer the notation ANDV0374 or NSV00895, also TMW0085. A specific problem 
> (for me) are spelling of files for peculiar names as UMAXTEJ1118+240 or 
> UMAMARKARIAN421 : I create a file PECSTARS with lines PEC1, PEC2, and so on :
> PEC1 : AND - suspected star by Cifuentes
> PECx : UMA XTEJ....

    Please don't rely on DOS limitations.  There is no way to distinguish
U Her and u Her, mu Cen and MU Cen, and similar other instances.  If you
ever want to record hypothetical variable stars like PRN, CLOCK, CON etc,
you might see what is totally unexpected ;-).

    And the names like XTE J1118+480 or Markarian 421 (Mkn 421, Mark 421,
MKN 421 etc.) are meaningful in themselves, and there is no reason to
add constellation codes to further lengthen names.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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