Bias in Absolute Magnitude Determination from Parallaxes
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Relations are given for the correction of bias when mean absolute magnitudes are derived by the method of reduced parallaxes. The bias in the case of the derivation of the absolute magnitudes of individual objects is also considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0208537,
title = {Bias in Absolute Magnitude Determination from Parallaxes},
author = {Michael Feast},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0208537},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, accepted for MNRAS