[vsnet-id 53] Re: NU Her/nu Her

["G. Jasniewicz" <gerard@simbad.u-strasbg.fr>]

Dear Timo Kinnunen,

I have received your mail concerning,
>
>
>  I describe a small hindrance I came across 
>while working on MVS ids. I found it difficult
>to find NU Her coordinates. SIMBAD query and
>GCVS index on VSNET both returned nu Her
>(greek alphabet).
>
>  I took a time-out and checked how many coincidences
>there are. Now the number is nine; there are a few
>mu/nu variables waiting to join this group:
>
>- MU Cen / mu Cen
>- NU Cen / nu Cen
>- MU Cep / mu Cep
>- NU Cep / nu Cep
>- MU Gem / mu Gem
>- NU Gem / nu Gem
>- NU Her / nu Her
>- MU Nor / mu Nor
>- MU Sgr / mu Sgr
>
>
>  I hope this note will reach and annoy those who can help
>to resolve these variables from each other.
>

Indeed SIMBAD is not case sensitive. You can reach NU Her in querying
V* NU Her menwhile nu Her is reached automatically. 
Anyway, I acknowledge the inconvenience of such a query. I have no better
answer to this problem at the present time. But we can hope greek letters
in the future ...


With my best regards,
G. Jasniewicz
CDS/Obs. Strasbourg
France

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