Re: Zeropoint problem found (maybe)

From: Robert A. Knop Jr. (robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 05 2004 - 20:22:00 PDT

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    On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 11:10:09PM -0400, Adam G. Riess wrote:
    > Okay, last chance, if someone wants to talk
    > ~now give me a phone number where to call you,
    > otherwise I will sign off until tomorrow.
    >
    > I will say I have been reviewing some of the objects which you
    > guys listed and we did not and I haven't seen anything
    > in our data which is convincing.
    >
    > e.g., acs04-141 this is right on the edge of the gap
    > and it is missing in the first dither...in that position
    > I do not trust the geometric distortion
    >
    > acs 04-002 looks like a CR

    I agree that acs04-141 is absolutely nothing for the reason you say;
    likewise for acs04-002.

    > 022, 049, 188, didn't see anything so far

    022 is a residual right on the core of a galaxy in ours.

    049 is junk -- a hole in our reference, and should be ignored.

    188 is low signal to noise, but I still think it's real.

    -Rob

    -- 
    --Prof. Robert Knop
      Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
      robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu
    


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