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How can I convert luminosity from [erg/s/Hz] to [erg/s]
I have the dust-corrected luminosity in the Ks band in the unit erg/s/Hz. I want to convert it to erg/s. I would like to know which method is correct:
$L[erg/s]=L[erg/s/Hz]\times(C/\lambda)$
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What's the issue with Olbers' paradox?
I'm not quite grasping the reasoning behind Olbers' Paradox, or why an eternal, non-expanding and spatially infinite universe would be incompatible with a dark sky. For simplicity, let's suppose that ...
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How to correct observed flux densities for redshift
Say I have a spectrum of a galaxy at a redshift $z$, in flux density units of erg/s/cm^2/Angstrom. I'd like to recover the spectrum (in the same flux density units) at z=0, i.e. at its rest ...
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What is the spectral power output of a typical galaxy?
I'm looking for a function which gives the typical isotropic spectral power of light emitted by an entire galaxy on the whole electromagnetic spectrum (in watts per frequency unit), as a function of ...
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