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> Although Mati seems confident in the identification, real
verification
> of the blue star as the NSV object would have to be done on the Harvard
> plate(s) that Luyten used. The hope would be that there is a pen mark on
one
> of the plates showing the intended star. The large range and fairly
bright
> blue magnitude reported by Luyten lead me to suspect the mag. 13 blue star
is
> not the intended variable.
> Here's my hunch: NSV 4499 is actually Y Vel with a -1m RA error in
> Luyten's NSV position. The (blue) magnitude and magnitude range is about
> right, and a typo of this sort in the position either as determined or as
> published is not uncommon. Just a hunch, so this needs to be looked at
with
> original source material at Harvard (hic labor, hic opus est --- and what
would
> you really learn?!)
There does seem to be a likely chance that Y Vel = NSV 4499, as
suggested by Brian. It should be recoverable at Harvard. Another of
Luyten's "discoveries" was QR Nor, which has recently been proven to be the
same as SS Nor, by examination of Harvard plates.
Regards,
Mati
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