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Because your eyes and brain are designed to most efficiently estimate the distance of
things that can hurt you, things you can eat, and things with which you can procreate
the species, not to efficiently estimate the distance of things that may look pretty and
impressive but don't have much practical importance in your daily life.
What else can I help you with?
Is a star with no parralex very close to earth?
No. A star with no visible parallax is far away.
Why does a star appear to be smaller the sky than it is?
Stars appear very small because they are very far away.
Is a star with no measurable parallax is very close to Earth.?
No, if you can measure no parallax, the star is far away - further than a certain distance.
If a star has a large absolute brightness value but a low apparent brightness value is the star close or far away?
If a star IS very bright but LOOKS fairly dim, it must be far away.
Why do billions of star appear as clouds or patches of light?
Because they are very far away.
How far away is the big dipper from the north star?
The Big Dipper and the North Star (Polaris) appear at different distances in the sky. While they may appear close, the Big Dipper is around 80 light-years away from Earth, while Polaris is about 430 light-years away. The Big Dipper is closer to us than the North Star.
Why is the Sun the star you can see during the day?
Its the close's star to earth amd the others are to far away to be seen in the daylight
What does Saturn look like from far away?
From Earth, it looks a lot like a bright star. From further away, it would appear as a dimmer star, or would not be visible at all.
Why does your sun appear to be so large when it is an average size star?
As we are close to so it appears large, while other stars are far away This video should give you an idea, look from 0:30 onwards
Why we considered the sun as star?
Because the Sun is OUR star; just like millions of others, but this is the one that is close, as opposed to all the ones that are far away.
Are the stars that appear the brightest are also the closest?
No. The sun is very close to us so it seems very bright. There are a lot of stars that are much brighter than it, but are very far away. It is the same with the other stars. There are some very bright ones that are very far away and some dimmer ones that are closer to us. After the sun, the next brightest star is Proxima Centauri. The brightest star in the night sky that we see is Sirius, which is close, but much further away than Proxima Centauri.
What star is 1.66 light years away from earth?
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth at a distance of about 4.24 light years away. It is part of the Alpha Centauri star system, which is the closest star system to our solar system.
