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How to get an unbiased estimate of Hubble's constant?
Author(s) -
Fröhlich H.E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113080302
Subject(s) - hubble's law , constant (computer programming) , physics , absolute magnitude , radial velocity , astrophysics , cosmology , stars , computer science , dark energy , programming language
An unbiased estimating function for Hubble's constant, appropriate to the case that both radial velocity and absolute magnitude contribute to the scatter is proposed.