star vM anomaly

paul Jul 23, 2003

thanks to Oliver & Tim for helpful replies.
on another list, I was advised that the
NASA Sky2000 catalog shows it as a +6.17.
so now the question to Bill re Guide implementation...
can I override the display to show this particular variable
star as brighter than the +8.8 that is currently
being display (I recall 8.8 but it might have been
+8 something else), and if the user can override,
is that advisable? as the next time I look at this
star it might be fainter again.
and if user did reset the vM displayed, can user add
a note to the star data info that user changed the
magnitude display from x to y on n_date, because...