VSP Question

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Mon, 12/14/2015 - 17:38

OK - dumb question.  In the VSP photometry table, magnitude is reported in the following format:

9.978 (0.050)10

What is (0.050)10?

Jim Seargeant

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
VSP data format

9.978 (0.050)10

Should be the magnitude, the error in parenthesis and the footnote reference number, refering to the information at the bottom of the page.

George