A Lil' Disclaimer Regarding the
Nomenclature of Some of the Objects in the Lists
Sometimes you may notice that a specific object has a different name under SkySafari from that of the piece of news it was based on/extracted from (pasted onto its "Notes" field):
that's totally normal, as no sky atlas software can keep up with all the existing catalogs out there, let alone new ones that pop out now and then! That's due, lately, to new space programs lauching new crafts - satellites, probes and the oncoming Webb space telescope and the like!
that's totally normal, as no sky atlas software can keep up with all the existing catalogs out there, let alone new ones that pop out now and then! That's due, lately, to new space programs lauching new crafts - satellites, probes and the oncoming Webb space telescope and the like!
Skysafari's 4.0 database is particular scant on extra-galactic objects's names (think the Magellanic clouds variable stars) and recently-detected new variable or double stars.
Regardless of that, rest assured that, unless stated otherwise, as it is the case with the Supernova Candidates list, objects, though with a totally different name from the list source (see my innitial post to learn more about them), had their nomenclature throughly double-checked via Wikipedia, the Simbad database or, in the worst case scenarios (total lack of further information), looked at and having their 2000.0 epoch coordinates and position manually checked against Aladin Lite's or SkySafari's atlases.
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