[vsnet-chat 4386] Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?

[Thorsten Lange <tl@thola.de>]

Hello,

> And the XXX0640-24 system is a bit more
> informative than the constellation-number VS names. Maybe we should get rid
> of the constellation names too and start with Andromeda as 1, with Vulpecula
> or whatever as 88?

Do you think it is easier to remember the constellation name or the number
of the constellation? In my opinion most people will prefere the names. By
the way it is very difficult to change the names. The constellation names
are historical, hundreds of years old, and lots of "normal" people know the
constellation Andromeda, but only some thousands will know the star 100001
(R And).
It is very stupid to discuss the number of leading zeros in a star name. You
can write a simple computer program which is able to use "AndV000123", "V123
And", "ANDV123" and "And V00123" for the same star. My own observation
database does this, I implemented a function to scan the vsnet-obs mails,
and it works for more cases than the above mentioned. E.g. novaes: "N1999#2
Aql" = "Aql Nova 1999#2" = "AqlV1494" = "V1494 Aql" ...

Regards,
	Thorsten Lange

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