[vsnet-id 58] (fwd) Re: NU Her / nu Her (Samus)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

From samus@sai.msu.ru Thu Mar 11 21:45 JST 1999
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 15:44:59 +0300 (MSK)
From: "Nikolai N. Samus" <samus@sai.msu.ru>
Subject: Re: [vsnet-id 57] Re: NU Her / nu Her

Dear Dr. Kato,

You may have noticed that the GCVS team, in many recent cases,
rights zeta, not dzeta.

Best regards
Kolya

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Taichi Kato wrote:

> Dear Fraser,
> 
> > Similarly, if I begin observing a "nu..." it would be renamed "NIU".
> > The electronic GCVS contains other examples.  This probably doesn't help
> > you with SIMBAD but it certainly clarifies my database.  Of course the
> > important thing is to be _consistent_; which is the main reason I copied
> > the GCVS idea.
> 
>    Other than nu and mu cases, the GCVS group uses other non-standard Roman
> expressions of Greek alphabets, such as DZETA.  I understand this GCVS
> convention originated from the limitation of similtaneous usage of upper
> and lower case letters (I understand the computers they used were assigned
> for Russian alphabets for codes for lower case Roman alphabets).  Free from
> these restrictions, we no longer need to stay on the GCVS convention.
> 
>    Even adopting the GCVS method, there still remains ambiguity on u Her
> and U Her.  The case-sensitive expression can be a better solution.
> 
> Regards,
> Taichi Kato
>

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