Hi Doug,
I just sent the SIMBAD list as is for information. Andrea already told me about the potential problem with '*' and '?' - we had to build three-letter names for SIMBAD but this constraint does not apply for a more general usage and one can very well define more suitable 'short names'.
I cannot access Andrea's
document from here but I think that he has added a column
containing 'short names' in the present version of
his preliminary document following your remark that
they are needed.
Cheers
Francoise
Received on 2005-12-04Z09:17:36