[Aavso-photometry] Format of downloaded data: columns 15 and 16 are switched.

aaron price aaronp at aavso.org
Fri Jan 16 10:58:30 EST 2009


 Thanks for the note and I have confirmed this. Instead of changing
the format, I'm going to change the format documentation. Many people
have already written software that reads this format and I don't want
to ask them to have to update it. I'll put a note on the home page as
well. Thanks again.

Aaron

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Lionel Catalan <lcatalan at lakeheadu.ca> wrote:
> When downloading data from the AAVSO database, the Cmag appears at column 16
> and Kmag is at column 15. This is switched from what the format of the
> downloaded data is supposed to be according to the documentation. I've
> noticed that for some time now. I thought it's worth knowing for other
> people who use the database.
>
> Lionel Catalan, CTE
>
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Aaron


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