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From: Joshua Edward Barnes <barnes>
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Subject: RE: HW1
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Dear Class,

    in response to questions from CJ and Joe:  the "Research Problem"
on the back is not part of the assignment -- it's a question you might
like to think about.  Although I only mentioned it briefly in class,
the relation between R_e and I_e is pretty tight, and in theory it
could serve as a distance indicator.  I have no idea how well it would
work in practice... but if it DID work, it might be pretty useful with
large surveys like PanSTARRS.

					Cheers,
						Josh