Is there an unpublished version of Brian Skiff's MKTypes.dat file floating around? I was looking at a couple of stars I put in, and "Admin, VSX" amended them...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
May 29, 2007 10:58 am
You can find an up-to-date versiob of Brian Skiff's file here: <ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/bas/starcats/mktypes.dat> (see details here: ...
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James Bedient
hawaii_obs
Jun 3, 2007 10:37 am
When Skiff's MKTypes.dat file info was input to VSX, some of the positions, which were used to override the existing positions, were put in incorrectly. ...
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Christopher Watson
skygxproject
Jun 3, 2007 12:24 pm
... Looks like you are correct, Jim. These new positions were part of the batch imports created by Patrck. I'll check in with him on this. Thanks for...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Jun 3, 2007 9:01 pm
Yes, it seems I lost a decimal in RA. I'll correct this. Patrick ... <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004yCat.3233....0S>.) ... ...
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arne
ahenden2
Jun 11, 2007 4:25 pm
... From MKTypes.dat, the coordinates for SS73 167 = UCAC2 24932494 are: 1973ApJ...185..899S SS73 167 18 31 36.30 -18 15 25.9 U 14.5 V Be I...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Jun 12, 2007 7:28 am
... The mv=12 may correspond to the maximum magnitude of the Mira star as well (see ...
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arne
ahenden2
Jun 12, 2007 11:30 am
... You may be correct about the Mira maximum; however, I based my comment on the fact that it was brighter than when I observed it, and showed strong emission...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jun 26, 2007 8:04 am
Is there an issue with the computers at HQ? Just recently the links from lightcurves to VSX seem to fail about one time in ten and Web Obs has been giving an...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jul 25, 2007 3:35 pm
The light curve link-out for V2467 CYG doesn't appear to work. Wednesday PM (UK time) Martin Nicholson (AAVSO NMR)...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jul 25, 2007 3:41 pm
Earlier today my total number of observations in the AAVSO datbase was 9961. It is now 7434....
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arne
ahenden2
Jul 25, 2007 3:57 pm
... The database is being updated; try again in another hour or so. While your total number of observations may "return" to 9961, it may also be the case that...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jul 29, 2007 3:54 pm
I use VSX most days and although it does most things I need there are one or two things that would make my life easier. Searching in a zone of declination or...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jul 29, 2007 5:55 pm
I wonder if there IS a problem? Thousands of entries that appear as mine (NMR) in the AAVSO database (http://www.aavso.org/bluegold/allobs/showallobs.html) now...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Jul 29, 2007 7:24 pm
As of Sun PM (UK time) Take a look at the 5000 day (rather than the default 400 day)lightcurve for AA CAS. There is a big gap in the data then it suddenly...
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Christopher Watson
skygxproject
Jul 29, 2007 11:06 pm
Martin, I'm sure VSX-DIS isn't the best place to post this inquiry. I'd suggest sending this to charts@.... -Christopher...
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Christopher Watson
skygxproject
Jul 29, 2007 11:08 pm
Martin, Again, you'll get a more focused and timely response to this if you send it to aavso@.... -Christopher...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Aug 8, 2007 4:01 am
I posted this before with zero response. I will try again. I use VSX most days and although it does most things I need there are one or two things that would...
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Jim Cadien
jcadien1
Aug 8, 2007 4:13 am
Martin, I twice have made a similar suggestion... that the search be possible rectangular box. I am doing drift scanning, and get images many, many degrees...
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Christopher Watson
sleepconvention
Aug 8, 2007 4:22 am
Guys, it's been in Bugzilla since the end of May: http://www.aavso.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=382 It is an enhancement, so it is pioritized behind the other...
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arne
ahenden2
Aug 8, 2007 11:34 am
... That feature is coming soon. Arne...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Aug 23, 2007 11:48 pm
A recent paper by S. Rucinski (http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3020) studies the EW stars discovered by ASAS. One of them, ASAS 083128+1953.1 (see ...
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arne
ahenden2
Aug 24, 2007 2:12 pm
... We have enough data for the NGC6811/Cooney object to decide its nature. The other two EW stars listed above are close to the sun and will take 6 months or...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Aug 24, 2007 5:14 pm
Before Cooney's data confirmation, I bet Patrick is right, this is not EW. But, I think it is delta Scuti with a period of 0.108906, not ELL. There is ...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Aug 24, 2007 6:17 pm
... I messed up things in my last e-mail. Arne talked about the shortest period one suggested by Patrick. Well, the lightcurve for that looks pointy so it is...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Aug 24, 2007 6:36 pm
... I should have checked everything before sending the e-mails. I checked VizieR and the star is rather red. J-K 0.72 and spectral type K4V. Ellipsoidal...
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martin_piers_nicholson
martin_piers...
Aug 29, 2007 10:41 pm
If I take either the name of a variable star such as VSX J000819.3+464455 or its co-ordinates 00 08 19.32 +46 44 55.2 and paste them into the variable star...
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Michael Koppelman
ngc4438
Aug 30, 2007 2:29 am
Thanks for the bug report. You are right that the name 'VSX J000819.3 +464455' fails. I got a chart to print using GSC 3246-277 instead and the coordinates...
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Michael Koppelman
ngc4438
Aug 30, 2007 3:15 am
This is fixed and you can search by names with odd characters in them now. M....
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Martin Nicholson
martin_piers...
Aug 30, 2007 5:44 am
Thank you Michael Koppelman <lolife@...> wrote: This is fixed and you can search by names with odd characters in them now. M. ... Martin...
