Bias in absolute magnitude determination from parallaxes

被引:21
作者
Feast, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cape Town, Dept Astron, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
关键词
astrometry; stars : fundamental parameters; Cepheids; stars : variables : other;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05983.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:1035 / 1037
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