[sac-forum] Numbers assigned to NGC objects in SAC best of list

Howdy all;

Folks, I just finished reading the Focal Point article in the December Sky
and Telescope.  It is on page 142 at the end of that issue.  

In this article a many named Mark Allison implores deep sky observers to
stop "renaming the sky".  This is a pet peeve of mine that people keep
re-assigning numbers to objects that have already been a very useful
designation by an earlier catalog.  It is extremely confusing to have the
same object have a value given in the Messier, NGC, Caldwell and Levy
catalogs.

Well, color me surprised when I find that the SAC "Best of the NGC" is part
of this discussion.  When A.J. and I created this list, we made absolutely
certain that no new designations were added on and that these objects were
spoken of by their NGC values at all times.

So, my question is:  do you know of a place, probably on the Internet, where
"new" numbers were added onto the SAC Best of the NGC list?  

I would like to get in contact with the group or person who did this an tell
them to "stop it"; in no uncertain terms.

There are not now and never have been "SAC numbers" assigned to these NGC
objects by us and I don't wish it to continue.

So, please let me know if you know where these numbers came from.

I would appreciate it;
Steve Coe

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