--- In [email protected], William Hamblen <wrhamb...@...>
wrote:
>
> On 9/2/2010 6:43 PM, crite40 wrote:
> > Good day all!
> > I have recently noticed that I seem to get some VERY odd information on
> > some variable stars. An occasional star looks wildly out of place, it is
> > ALWAYS a variable and it has a very high max magnitude, often mag 1 or 2
> > where no such star exists. I suspect that a variable star may well exist in
> > that position, but some thing is messing up the information displayed.
> > It ONLY applies to variables and everything else seems fine.
> > It is also present in both versions of Cartes du Ciel, 2.7x and 3.
> > Anyone got any ideas?
> > Suggestions gratefully received as it frequently "mucks up" my finder
> > charts.
> > Cliff Wright New Zealand.
> This is caused by the catalog data. It would be easier if you could
> quote a particular star. The GCVS number would be OK.
>
> Bud
>
thanks Bud.
Here's an example. I have looking around Scutum, which is well placed here in
NZ. The charts give me a star cataloged as 24488 NSV with a magnitude range of
1.6 to 2.4 at RA 18h 31 and DEC -08 35'.
I am an old astronomer and I am VERY sure that there ain't no such star!!!.
Does that help?
Regards Cliff Wright.
