The K correction

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dc.creatorHogg, David W.
dc.creatorBaldry, Ivan K.
dc.creatorBlanton, Michael R.
dc.creatorEisenstein, Daniel J.
dc.date2002-10-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:05:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:05:45Z
dc.descriptionThe K correction "corrects" for the fact that sources observed at different redshifts are, in general, compared with standards or each other at different rest-frame wavelengths. It is part of the relation between the emitted- or rest-frame absolute magnitude of a source in one broad photometric bandpass to the observed-frame apparent magnitude of the same source in another broad bandpass. This short pedagogical paper provides definitions of and equations for the K correction.
dc.descriptionThis short and purely pedagogical text is not submitted anywhere but here. Errors reported to the authors will be rewarded with gratitude and acknowledgements
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210394
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210394
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5194
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe K correction
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