How stellar parallax is measured?
1 Answer
Feb 13, 2017
Earth's orbit is used as base i n measurements..It is 300 million kilometers .measurements are done after 6 months time.
Explanation:
See how the angle of parallaxis assured from diagram.
d=1/p
where d=distance to stars in parsecs.
p= parallax angle in arc seconds
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