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[vsnet-id 697] Re: [vsnet-chat 5544] The curious case of BD+59 224
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:16:54 -0700 (MST)
- To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@lowell.edu>
- Subject: [vsnet-id 697] Re: [vsnet-chat 5544] The curious case of BD+59 224
- Cc: aavso-discussion@informer2.cis.McMaster.CA, vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-id@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Sender: owner-vsnet-id@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>> The UBV compilation (by Buscombe) apparently refers to BD+59.225,
>> apparently as a result of previous confusion.
Yes, the Bergedorf Spektral Durchmusterung switches the BD names with
an adjacent star, and this error has been promulgated since then (1935).
BD+59 225 is the blue star an arcminute or so southeast. The original
BD coordinates are unambiguous, so this was evidently a typo in the
Bergedorf catalogue.
\Brian
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