Alternatively, you could try a URL footnote.
Interestingly, they used to allow SUN references.
1994MNRAS.267.1045W contains the reference:
Meyerdierks, H. 1992 SERC Starlink User Note, No. 86
Barry
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Horst Meyerdierks wrote:
> If you just want to acknowledge the use of the software, there is
> no need to cite. See page 76 of ... SUN/139.
>
> I'd use something similar to a book. There is of course a publisher.
>
> Draper P.W., Taylor M., Allan A., 2006, CCDPACK - CCD data reduction
> package - version 4.0, Starlink User Note 139, Particle Physics &
> Astronomy Research Council, Didcot
>
> Pretending Starlink User Note is a journal known the world over
> is indeed not very helpful for astronomers that don't know what
> Starlink was.
>
>
> On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 10:54 +0000, Mark Taylor wrote:
>> Is there an approved way to reference Starlink documents in papers?
>>
>> I have a friend who's tried to include a reference to a SUN in
>> the bibliography of a MNRAS paper, but MNRAS don't like it because
>> it doesn't have a publisher. For instance the following was
>> rejected:
>>
>> Draper P.W., Taylor M., Allan A., 2006, Starlink User Note 139
>>
>> What's the right way to cite it?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Mark
>>
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