See the designation link I posted. When Bayer ran out of greek letters, english letters were used, but none of these went past Q for any constellation. So they started using R, S, T,... for variables.
CdC is a bit odd about this. I tried using the search box for "D Gem" and "K Gem" and it gave me delta and kappa Gem. The english letter Bayer designations are rarely used anymore, so I suppose showing delta when you ask for D is a reasonable substitution, but it could lead to some confusion. -John --- Sander Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm, I thought S stood for Sigma. I'll ask. > > Thanks, > > Sander > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Mahony > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [skychart-discussion] Finding a star in an constellation > > > "S" is not a Bayer (greek letter) or Flamsteed (number) designation. It's a > variable star designation. > > I'm not too familiar with v.3 yet, but 2.76 found both S Cep and S Gem using > the search box. They're both in the GCVS (general catalog of variable > stars). > > Variable star designations are complicated. See > <http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/Misc/naming.html>, scroll down a few > paragraphs to the section on vauriable stars. > > -John > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
