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[vsnet-gcvs 87] (fwd) [vsnet-chat 4379] re Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:17:33 +0900 (JST)
- To: vsnet-gcvs
- From: Taichi Kato <tkato>
- Subject: [vsnet-gcvs 87] (fwd) [vsnet-chat 4379] re Re: Orthography of V-numbered variable stars?
- Sender: owner-vsnet-gcvs@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
From: crawl@zoom.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:43:37 +0000
Stan Walker wrote:
>Maybe we should get rid
>of the constellation names too and start with Andromeda as 1, with Vulpecula
>or whatever as 88?
Funny you should say that ;)
The GCVS has been using this sort of thing as an internal coding for some
time now, such that the current online version stars at 010001 for R And
and ends with 880405 for V0405 Vul (sic)...
...so that's mostly there, but it still has padded zeros!
Cheers
John
JG, UK
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