From: Don Groom (deg@panisse.lbl.gov)
Date: Thu Feb 27 2003 - 13:12:18 PST
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Robert A. Knop Jr. wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:00:46PM -0800, Don Groom wrote:
> > There is a big difference between a physical quantity and the value we
> > measure, and they have to be kept separate. There is a "true" E*(B-V), and
> > our measured value E(V-B). One can say that E*(B-V)<0, but it is incorrect
> > to say that E(B-V) < 0.
>
> I think you got that backwards.
Yeah, sorry about that. the "*" in E*(B-V) was missing. I should
proofreed more carefully.
D
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