Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Ask_an_expert

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Aug 10, 2009, 2:05:34 PM (17 years ago)

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pitts

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  * Are the errors returned by `avextract r:err` etc. the RMS of the measurement, or the suitably averaged input errors, or ...? How are the averages computed - any outlier clipping applied? weighted mean? ... ?
+        '''Answer from Mark Pitts:''' To the best of my knowledge, the suffix "err" when used in avextract refers to the error of the mean (i.e., the error on r:ave). I'm afraid I don't know the details of how the average is computed.
 
  * How do I make a lightcurve for a given object?