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SS Cyg does not load from the AID

jbakermaloney
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 05/08/2016 - 17:35

I cannot get SS Cyg to load in VStar using default min/max JD.  Is there something I am unaware about the data fro this star?  

 

WGR
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 05/08/2016 - 20:31
SS Cyg Download

Hello

I tried the default and it did not complete.  AG Dra downloaded fine.  V0694 Mon downloaded fine but was very slow.  I tried SS Cyg from 2457400 to present and it loaded fine, but slow.  I think there is so much SS Cyg data that it may take a long time.  Seems like its working fine, but does seem slower than normal.  I don;t think anyone is in the office on Sunday.  I am sure they will look into it tomorrow, first thing.  Try a smaller JD range if it suits your needs.

 

Gary

David Benn
Affiliation
Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSAU)
Mon, 05/09/2016 - 01:22
Unicode character

Hi JoDee and Gary

I've tracked this down to an unexpected Unicode character appearing in an observation.

Will keep you posted.

David

BSJ
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 05/09/2016 - 13:41
SS Cyg data corrected

David hit the nail on the head. There was a hidden  "control Z" (end of file) character in the comment field of several observations that was causing the problem with SS Cyg and maybe some other stars. This has now been cleaned out of the database so hopefully the problem is gone - at least for now.

Thanks to all for bringing this problem to our attention.

-Sara