[vsnet-newvar 740] Re: 'Q' numbers of 'The Astronomer'

[Seiichi Yoshida <comet@aerith.net>]

Dear colleagues,

> Mike Collins told me that the variability of Q0657+26 has been already
> pointed out by himself, so we should not apply it MisV number as well.
> I think we can use the "Q0657+026" name because it is the name in
> Mike's list.

> But in case of Q1995/021, now I think we should apply a MisV number
> for it and make an announcement as one of our new variable stars,
> because the "Q1995/021" name is only in the TA's secret (not
> recommended to report to the public database) list.

Mike Collins sent me two e-mails. In one mail he said, I can assign
MisV numbers for those stars discovered by Collins. In another mail,
he introduced me the web page of his variable stars at:

  http://vsnet.demon.co.uk/astronomer/variables.html

I found that I made one mistake. Both Q1994/016(=Q0657+26) and
Q1995/021 have been discovered by Collins and reported in the web
page. 

Well, although Mike Collins said I can assign MisV numbers to his
stars, I guess if a star has two sorts of variable names, "Q" number
and MisV number, it will cause some confusion. In the web page, all of
the stars has a "Q" number. Therefore, people, including us, can read
the web page, observe the stars, and report the magnitude to the VSNET
using the "Q" number. So we will not assing a MisV number for your
stars. We wil report the magnitude using the "Q" number recorded in
the page above.

I know the editors of the The Astronomer would not like us to use the
"Q" number because they are not public. However, the Mike Collins web
page is public, anyone can read it, so I think we can use the "Q"
number only recorded in the web page.

Best regards,

--
Seiichi Yoshida
comet@aerith.net
http://vsnet.aerith.net/

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