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What unit of distance would you use to measure the distance between two stars?
Light Years.
What unit would you use to measure the distances from stars?
To measure the distance of stars you have to measure by light years.
How do astonomers measure the distance to nearby stars?
Astronomers use the unit of measure "Light Years" to calculate the distance between pretty much anything in the Universe.
Is Triangulation primarily used to measure the distance of close stars?
Answer #1:no=================Answer #2:Yes.Another answer: The primary use of triangulation may not be to measure the distance of stars, but the method which is used to measure the distance of close stars is primarily triangulation.
Do you use meters to measure the distance between stars?
Meters can be used; however, in practice, such distance are usually measured in parsecs, or (in popular astronomical literature) in light-years.
What measurement do scientists use for the distance between stars and Earth?
scientists use light-years to measure long distances in space. a light year, (abrviated ly) is the distance light can travel.
What is the unit that astronomers use to measure the differences between stars and other galaxies?
They do not use units: they use the fact that stars are not galaxies. For example, you don't use units to measure the difference between children and countries.
How do astronomers measure the distance to nearby stars?
Astronomers use a method called parallax to measure the distance to nearby stars. Astronomers can measure parallax by measuring the position of a nearby star with respect to the distant stars behind it. Then, they measure the same stars again six months later when the Earth is on the opposite side of its orbit.
How do scientists use computers to measure distance from stars?
From what I remember in two geology classes, scientists measure the distance between a star and Earth by comparing "red shift," a shifting of certain bands of light toward the "red" end of the spectrum. The further the shifting, the greater the distance.
What unit of distance do astronomers use to measure distances to stars?
Usually light-years, or parsecs.
What do you use to measure the distance to far away stars?
Light years, parsecs, and kiloparsecs. Light years and parsecs are used to measure distances between neighbouring star system's, kiloparsecs are used to measure distances within a galaxy.
What would you use to measure the distance between something?
the measurer
