[Aavso-photometry] PCObs and Webobs magnitude's decimal placedifference

[Brian D. Warner]

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I strongly support the option of reporting to three decimal places for CCD
observers. If WebObs will take them, PCObs should be able to accept and send
them.
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I agree.

One of the supposed benefits of CCD observations is higher precision. Furthermore, 
while the precision of three decimal places is not always justified, reporting to 
such avoids "blocky data", the result of rounding data to even 0.01 mag precision. 
This is often seen when doing asteroid lightcurve analysis where the amplitude of the 
entire curve can be 0.05-0.07 mag (same for Delta Scuti stars, too). In this case, 
rounding to the nearest 0.01 mag can start to take on a significant portion of the 
entire amplitude. If reasonably determined errors are included with the observations, 
let the user of the data apply his own weighting after the fact and not the database 
storage system before.


Clear Skies,
Brian D. Warner
Palmer Divide Observatory/Space Science Institute
http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com

Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com/astlc/default.htm