Bias in Absolute Magnitude Determination from Parallaxes

Abstract

Relations are given for the correction of bias when mean absolute magnitudes are derived by the method of reduced parallaxes. The bias in the case of the derivation of the absolute magnitudes of individual objects is also considered.

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