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The first person to notice and report on stellar parallax was the Italian astronomer, Giuseppe Calandrelli (1749-1827). He reported the parallax for alpha-Lyrae. The first reliable measurement was made, for 61 Cygni, by the German astronomer Friedrich Bessel in 1838.

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Is parallax a star?

The parallax refers to the apparent change in the star's position, due to Earth's movement around the Sun. This parallax can be used to measure the distance to nearby stars (the closer the star, the larger will its parallax be).


Which star would have a greater parallax the earth or the arcturus?

Earth isn't a star and doesn't (can't) have a parallax, becuse we use Earth's orbit as a baseline to measure parallax.


If a star's parallax angle is too small to measure what can you conclude about the star's distance from earth?

It means that the distance is greater than a certain amount - depending on how precisely you can measure the parallax.


A measure of amounts of light received on earth is a star's what?

Parallax


How is the distance to a star determined using the measure of parallax?

The distance to a star can be determined using the measure of parallax by observing the star from two different points in Earth's orbit around the Sun. By measuring the apparent shift in the star's position against more distant background stars, astronomers can calculate the star's distance based on the angle of the parallax.


Who discovered stellar parallax?

Stellar parallax was first discovered by Friedrich Bessel in 1838. He observed a star, 61 Cygni, and noticed its position shift over time, leading to the calculation of its distance relative to Earth.


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.


What is a name for the apparent movement of a star used to measure its distance from earth?

parallax


Why can parallax only be used to measure distance to star that are relatively close to earth?

At farther distances, the parallax becomes too small to measure accurately. At a distance of 1 parsec, a star would have a parallax of 1 second (1/3600 of a degree). (The closest star, Toliman, is a little farther than that.) At a distance of 100 parsecs, the parallax is only 1/100 of a second.


If a star's parallax angle is too small to measure what can you conclude about the star's distance from the earth?

It means that the distance is greater than a certain amount - depending on how precisely you can measure the parallax.


Why can't astronomer measure the parallax of a star that is a million lights away?

The farther the object, the smaller its parallax. In this case, the parallax is about 1/300,000 of an arc-second (and an arc-second is 1/3600 of a degree) - way too small to measure. Perhaps you will eventually find a way to measure smaller parallax angles.


Who was the first astronomer to use parallax?

In 1838 Friedrich Bessel was able to measure the parallax of the nearby star 61 Cygni and thus determine its distance and independenly confirm the fact that the Earth orbits round the Sun.