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Rough magnitudes

Because approximate magnitudes are more useful when qualified by a terse description of their nature, the column labelled MAG should contain a character string rather than a number. For example, you might specify 'mpg=10.5 (HD)', or 'V=12.15'. Up to 11 characters can be carried in this field.



Petra Nass
1999-06-15