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12 August, 18:49

If i measure the parallax of a star to be 0.125 arc seconds, what is its distance in parsecs?

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  1. 12 August, 19:07
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    To compute for the distance of a star given the parallax, we simply have to take the reciprocal of the magnitude of parallax. In this case, distance is:

    distance = 1 / parallax

    distance = 1 / 0.125

    distance = 8 parsecs
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