RE: Magnitude observations

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 12:23:30 EDT

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    Daniel Deak wrote:
    
    > As I saw with the mail exchange, it's not easy to settle on 
    > one format. I too prefer to use an already existing format
    > with a few minor modifications if necessary. I just don't
    > know how automated the process of determining standard 
    > or intrinsic magnitudes is. Are the magnitude data from the 
    > IOD-formatted reports used for standard magnitude
    > determination ? Or is their a prefered format for doing so.
    
    George Lewis, who developed the IOD format, confirmed off-list that it supports
    reporting magnitude without positional data. As a result, Ed Light has adopted
    that format, and has posted a couple of reports in recent days.
    
    My software for determining standard magnitude reads all three of the standard
    reporting formats: IOD, UK, and Russell Eberst's form of the latter. As written,
    it requires positional data; however, I will modify it to accept magnitude-only
    IOD data. 
    
    I recommend that magnitude-only observers adopt the IOD format. I do not know
    whether or not it is considered permissible to omit positions from the other
    formats. If so, then I would recommend them also for magnitude-only reports.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
    
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