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Error result from CrossCorrelation #817

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@yuzl00

I perform cross-correlation from one light curve like this:

corr = CrossCorrelation(lc, lc, norm='variance')

corr is much greater than 1 at time_lags = 0.
The code in crosscorrelation.py (lines 200-201) may have a bug:

variance1 = np.var(lc1.counts) - np.mean(lc1.counts_err) ** 2
variance2 = np.var(lc2.counts) - np.mean(lc2.counts_err) ** 2

Should it be like this:

variance1 = np.var(lc1.counts) - np.var(lc1.counts_err) 
variance2 = np.var(lc2.counts) - np.var(lc2.counts_err)

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