To: PatrickHenry; longshadow
By the way, they accounted for dust by observing at multiple wavelengths. Dust usually preferentially obscures redder wavelengths, so they can account for the dust by observing 7 or 8 filters and modelling for the dust from the expected spectrum (of an O9 star in this case).
108 posted on
08/03/2006 5:01:23 PM PDT by
ThinkPlease
(Fortune Favors the Bold!)
To: ThinkPlease
By the way, they accounted for dust by observing at multiple wavelengths. Ahhhhhhh!
Thanks....
114 posted on
08/03/2006 6:02:11 PM PDT by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: ThinkPlease; longshadow
By the way, they accounted for dust by observing at multiple wavelengthsThanks for the info. I assumed that they dealt with the issue, because even though that problem didn't occur to me, nor did I know how to handle it, I have confidence that researchers at that level would be unlikely to overlook what -- to them -- would be an obvious source of error.
115 posted on
08/03/2006 6:15:00 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Everything is blasphemy to someone.)
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