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Possible clarification? If a 2 M_o star has a M/L ~ 0.16 and a 0.5 M_o has a M/L ~ 6.5, then a galaxy containing many more low mass stars (ie 0.5M_o stars) would have a HIGHER M/L than a galaxy with more high mass stars. The last sentence in the first paragraph of methods suggests otherwise.
That’s absolutely correct. Thank you very much for catching that typo!
How are you?
which is model useing to find M/L?