Estimating Distances from Parallaxes
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Distances and absolute magnitudes from trigonometric parallaxes
In astrophysical applications, derived quantities like distances, absolute magnitudes and velocities are used instead of the observed quantities, such as parallaxes and proper motions. As the observed values are affected by random errors and selection effects, the estimates of the astrophysical quantities can be biased if a correct statistical treatment is not used. This paper presents and disc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0004-6280,1538-3873
DOI: 10.1086/683116