--- In cvnet-discussion@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Simonsen" <mikesxn@...> wrote:
>
> The culprit is the 123 comp, which is not only red (B-V= 1.9 over three
nights) it is a variable and not part of the sequence!!
>
> This is an error propagated by the automated importation process somehow. This
star was actually discovered to be variable during the determination of this
sequence from the photometry files back in 2002.
>
> There is not a great selection of non-red 12th mag stars to choose from here,
or there would be another 12th mag comp listed. I'll see what we can do.
>
> Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please submit a CHET report so
it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.
>
> Mike Simonsen
>

Quite honestly, Mike, I don't see the 12.3 as looking particularly off from its
listed magnitude value. On the other hand, the 12.3 and 12.6 are almost
identical and the latter is probably around 0.75 magnitudes brighter than the
12.9 ! Some of the other stars are nearly as bad.

As Gary concurs, the whole bright end of the sequence is just a mess and perhaps
the best approach would be to start over from scratch at the close of the star's
observing season (too bad it happens to be active this year).

JBortle