[vsnet-chat 5164] Re: Curious observations and reports

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 5156] Re: Curious observations and reports

> I think the message from this and previous chat-mails is clear. If somebody
> spots an incorrect observation from another observer, he informs this
> observer. Th observer himself corrects his observation to vsnet-obs. This
> way we can avoid this kind of discussions in the future.

    Reporting "curious" observations on a public list has its own advantage.
Curiously enough, some observers (including ones in our country, too)
do not respond to personal notifications of potential errors.  I have
personally relayed a sufficient number of "potential errors" spotted mainly
by G. Comello to the relevant observers, but I rarely receive corrections.
[ In some cases, some observers seem to continue using an old incorrect chart;
but the lack of any response to urge checking the chart seems to imply
to me a feeling: "I love this chart for years long ... I don't want to
believe it is incorrect..." ]

    In such cases, pointing out curious observations on a public list
has an advantage of warning against using the reported magnitude as it is.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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