<p>How I can bin a magnitude phase-folded lightcurve? I take mean values magnitudes and it's uncertainties but this is wrong.</p>

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2020-09-19T00:05:15.747Z
Magnitudes are logarithmic, so taking the mean of them is incorrect. You should take the mean flux and then turn it into a magnitude.
ProfRob
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Binned of phase-folded light curve
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# Binned of phase-folded light curve

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-18)

How I can bin a magnitude phase-folded lightcurve? I take mean values magnitudes and it's uncertainties but this is wrong.

**Tags:** magnitude, light-curve
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Magnitudes are logarithmic, so taking the mean of them is incorrect. You should take the mean flux and then turn it into a magnitude.  

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