[vsnet-chat 5200] (fwd) Re: full estimates

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

Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:57:22 +0100 (CET)
From: Petr Sobotka <sobotka@monoceros.physics.muni.cz>
Subject: Re: full estimates

Dear Taichi,

in the MEDUZA, we say to observers: "Observations without full estimates
can not be included to our database". So, all observers send whole data.

Regards
Petr Sobotka


> PS. The former organizaion of the VSOLJ took the similar procedure, but
> has abondoned recored full estimates already a decade ago.  The reason was
> partly because these recorded estimates were not effectively used, and
> partly because a number of observers changed the observation method
> ("direct estimate method", i.e. recording magnitudes of the variable
> stars after directly comparing with chart magnitudes, has been increasing
> becoming fashionable -- I wonder whether there is a similar tendency
> among worldwide observers).
> 
>

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