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  1. Xref: sparky sci.astro:13566 sci.space:18506 sci.physics:21966 sci.environment:14153
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!noao!stsci!stosc!gawne
  4. From: gawne@stsci.edu
  5. Subject: Re: averting doom
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.122412.1@stsci.edu>
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  8. Sender: news@stsci.edu
  9. Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
  10. References: <JMC.92Dec29211051@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> <1hua4mINN64f@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1992Dec31.103114.1@stsci.edu>
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  12. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:24:12 GMT
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Dec31.103114.1@stsci.edu>, gawne@stsci.edu
  15. I mistakenly wrote:
  16.  
  17. > with an effective temperature of 4000 K and a luminosity of 10,000 K, then
  18.                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  19.  
  20. Which should have been "luminosity of 10,000 L(sun)".  Luminosity is not
  21. measured in Kelvins.
  22.  
  23. -Bill Gawne,  Space Telescope Science Institute
  24.