[vsnet-id 120] Re: GM Sgr

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

>   I have yet another question -- has there been an
> agreement about which star (Luyten or Goranskij) is
> the 'real' GM Sgr, and which one is a new variable
> yet to be named?  It was my understanding that Luyten
> came first.

   The confusion is already unavoidable.  I presume now the better known
GM Sgr will be assigned to Goranskij's object, and the obscure Luyten's
object may achive another new name -- unless the GCVS team has a decision
to make a broadest announcement against the current common usage.

   This reminds me of YY Dra/DO Dra case.  The GCVS team decided to (lost,
I think) leave the YY Dra designation, and assigned a new variable star name
"DO Dra" to the new CV discovered close to the nominal position of YY Dra.
I think this may have been a better decision than the present case.  Then
the name "DO Dra" can unambigiously refers to the new CV.  The usage of the
name "YY Dra" leaves slight ambiguity.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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