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		jdporter on Aug 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Imaging Cygnus a at 8.45 GHz with ATA Why do you say it's a non-SI unit? Seems to me it is. I mean, it's a derived unit, not a fundamental unit; but still SI.

ncmncm on Aug 11, 2021 [–]

I only quoted the Wikipedia page saying so. The component units are SI, but the 10^-26 factor looks arbitrary.

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