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Dear Michael Linnolt, [vsnet-newvar 2222]: > Has there been a designator assigned yet to this new variable? Mike, please show us the proper designation, because this is your variable star :-) I do not know about AAVSO. But the VSNET does not show us the "official" designation. So if the discoverers of new variable stars want to collect observations from people, it is the discoverers' responsibility to provide the designation, I believe. In the case of the MISAO Project, we assign our own designation like MisV0001. In the case of the TASS Project, they report their stars with GSC numbers or HD numbers, so the other people should report the observations using those numbers. In your own case, the USNO-B1.0 number can be one of the designations. Of course it is a temporary designation, until the GCVS number is assigned. But it takes some time, of course. Only in the case of a new nova, Kato-san leads us to use a common temporary designation, like OPHnova2003, soon after the discovery. But it is an exceptional case. The principle seems as same as the CBAT to me. I mean, only a nova is deal well. I know everyone does not want to pay attention for designation. Sometimes a new star is remained without any proper common designation, like in this case. In such cases, I think the VSNET administrators should take a leadership role in assigning the designation. But actually, they do not. Maybe that means the VSNET does not want us to observe the star and report them to VSNET to be collected into the VSNET database... Best regards, -- Seiichi Yoshida comet@aerith.net http://vsnet.aerith.net/
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