Hi Walt, Your typo has been corrected. Until we get an interface built in to VSX that allows for login-supported corrections to user-submitted data, just send...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 5:37 pm
As a way to greatly speed the process. Ask the experts to generate a list of the MISAO variables not currently linked to a GCVS entry. Better still do this...
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James Bedient
hawaii_obs
Sep 2, 2006 5:36 pm
... And this is no different from many hundreds of variables out there. Ross' lists have laid fallow for near 80 years. It's not an emergency. As those who...
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James Bedient
hawaii_obs
Sep 2, 2006 5:23 pm
... Martin, you are missing the point. It's not that there are different entrance standards into VSX. There *were* different standards for what was ...
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Michael Koppelman
ngc4438
Sep 2, 2006 4:58 pm
I don't know if I am flip-flopping on this or not but let me say this: A submitter who is submitting a new variable star to VSX should make a "best-efforts" to...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 2, 2006 4:24 pm
... I'll reply to myself. We are discussing whether MISAO should be included in VSX. If MISAO variables are GCVS variables, then the GCVS team has deemed the...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 2, 2006 3:56 pm
... etc. Perhaps I should be more explicit: we cannot make any judgement regarding stars already included in the GCVS. You need to make a list of stars not...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 3:45 pm
... In crowded fields I am uncertain how useful NSVS and ASAS data would be but regardless of that ... I have looked at the first 50 on the MISAO site - I have...
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Walt Cooney
waltc42
Sep 2, 2006 3:15 pm
Hi folks, While doing asteroid photometry, I got a night-long light curve on GSC 4968-751. It shows an EW with partial eclipses. It is already listed as NSVS...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 2, 2006 2:17 pm
... So, give me a list of those that you think are suspect, and we can start observing them. Unless I have such a list, I cannot tell how large the problem...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 2:06 pm
Arne wrote "There are 4 ways of handling large lists: (1) accept as-is (2) reject as-is (3) cherry-pick and only include those stars deemed variable (4)...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 1:35 pm
... OK - my initial thoughts. Amplitude. The amplitude of any reported variation needs to be larger than the noise level (2 or 3 times?) So different...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 2, 2006 1:30 pm
... When VSX was first populated, there were very few lists/catalogs included. As each new datset was identified, it was presented to the managers, discussion...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 2, 2006 12:36 pm
... Since you remain silent, I think you should express your thoughts. Arne...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 10:50 am
Arne wrote "I seriously doubt that you can create guidelines that will handle all cases, but I'm open to hearing what guidelines you propose. By finding ...
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ncam1999
Sep 2, 2006 10:27 am
... I thought I'd said that, however you've put it far more eloquently than meself, so fair enough. Now, I will be on record, for those that bother to keep...
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Martin Nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 8:35 am
I am not convinced that applying different "entrance standards" into VSX depending upon how long ago an item was first reported is always the best approach. ...
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James Bedient
hawaii_obs
Sep 2, 2006 8:05 am
Martin, Astronomy is a rapidly changing field. The practice of what was accepted for publication in 1999 and what's appropriate now are vastly different. ...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 2, 2006 6:04 am
Arne said "If you object to these stars, then you should submit a revision for each one, specifying why they should be discarded and giving supporting evidence...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 1, 2006 6:31 pm
... Reading my comment, I see that it can be misleading. The two days reported for #8 are separated by 5 months, not consecutive days. I also see that the two...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 1, 2006 5:57 pm
... This is because VSX is a heterogeneous database. It includes both original data, as from surveys like ASAS, as well as the GCVS (a general catalog) which...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Sep 1, 2006 4:51 pm
... Actually if the observations are for Misao (or any other known) variables they will enter VSX as revisions of the already existing stars so if they already...
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ncam1999
Sep 1, 2006 4:36 pm
ftp://skydot.lanl.gov/pub/projects/skydot/nsvs/red_variables/nsvs_unspecified_slow_vars.dat When the NSVS published its list of red variables it had 693 slow ...
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Christopher Watson
skygxproject
Sep 1, 2006 4:32 pm
... It's simply a matter of lack of time as part of a 100% volunteer effort. That's all. They'll get in there. -Christopher...
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ncam1999
Sep 1, 2006 3:59 pm
... The simplest of investigations reveals MisV0001 is in the GCVS primarily because it was published in an IBVS by MISAO and the GCVS picked it up later and...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 1, 2006 3:58 pm
Yes I appreciate that the GCVS listing has its origins in the MISAO data. What seemed strange to me was having two listings in VSX for the same star when both...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 1, 2006 3:56 pm
Yes I appreciate that the GCVS listing has its origins in the MISAO data. What seemed strange to me was having two listings in VSX for the same star when both...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 1, 2006 3:29 pm
... If you look at the references, you will see that these are "known GCVS variables" because they were discovered by MISAO and published in IBVS. ... That is...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Sep 1, 2006 3:02 pm
I have looked at the first 10 entires in the MISAO database of "new variable stars" http://www.aerith.net/misao/data/misv.cgi?en0100 Using VSX seems to show...
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arne
ahenden2
Sep 1, 2006 12:13 pm
... That will be a valued contribution to the community. I hope that you will also consider performing some followup observations of your own - it would be...
