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    Parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different positions. It can be used to measure the distance to stars and other celestial objects. Friedrich Bessel was the first to use parallax to obtain a reliable distance measurement to a star, 61 Cygni, in 1838. Parallax works by measuring the shift of nearby objects against more distant background objects and requires using the largest possible baseline between observation points. It is one of the most important astronomical techniques for measuring distances, especially to nearby stars.

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    Parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different positions. It can be used to measure the distance to stars and other celestial objects. Friedrich Bessel was the first to use parallax to obtain a reliable distance measurement to a star, 61 Cygni, in 1838. Parallax works by measuring the shift of nearby objects against more distant background objects and requires using the largest possible baseline between observation points. It is one of the most important astronomical techniques for measuring distances, especially to nearby stars.

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    Parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different positions. It can be used to measure the distance to stars and other celestial objects. Friedrich Bessel was the first to use parallax to obtain a reliable distance measurement to a star, 61 Cygni, in 1838. Parallax works by measuring the shift of nearby objects against more distant background objects and requires using the largest possible baseline between observation points. It is one of the most important astronomical techniques for measuring distances, especially to nearby stars.

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    PARALLAX

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    Parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different positions. It can be used to measure the distance to stars and other celestial objects. Friedrich Bessel was the first to use parallax to obtain a reliable distance measurement to a star, 61 Cygni, in 1838. Parallax works by measuring the shift of nearby objects against more distant background objects and requires using the largest possible baseline between observation points. It is one of the most important astronomical techniques for measuring distances, especially to nearby stars.

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    PARALLAX

    METHOD
    WHAT IS PARALLAX?
    Parallax is the apparent change in position of an object
    when it is observed from a different place.

    Parallax Method: When an object is seen by closing


    our right and left eye alternatively, there is a shift in
    the position of the object w.r.t. the background
    observed. This is known as parallax.
    In order to measure the parallax of
    stars which are very far away, we
    must use the largest baseline
    possible.(The baseline is the distance
    between the two points where we
    take the measurements. For the
    experiment above your thumb, the
    baseline is the distance between your
    eyes.)
    WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF PARALLAX METHOD?

    Parallax is one of the most important


    distance measurement methods used by
    astronomers. It can only be used for nearby
    stars, but it is very accurate. The method
    works by measuring how nearby object
    appears to move against the background of
    more distant objects.
    WHO DISCOVERED THE PARALLAX?
    An astronomer and mathematician,
    Bessel was the first to publish a
    reliable measurement of parallax, in
    1838. He detected an annual shift in
    the position of the star 61 Cygni
    amounting to 0.314 arc seconds,
    placing the star at a distance of
    FRIEDRICH BESSEL
    about 10 light-years.
    STELLAR PARALLAX

    A shift in position of a nearby object


    against a far-away object. Because
    'stellar' means 'star,' the nearby
    object in this case is a close star.
    DIURNAL PARALLAX
    The diurnal parallax has been used by John
    Flamsteed in 1672 to measure the distance to
    Mars at its opposition and through that to
    estimate the astronomical unit and the size of
    the Solar System.
    LUNAR PARALLAX
    Estimating the Moon's distance
    In the second century BC Hipparchus derived a
    very good estimate of the distance to the moon
    using lunar parallax. It is based on how much
    the moon shifts relative to the background
    stars when we observe it from different
    vantage points on earth.
    SOLAR PARALLAX
    The basic method used for determining solar
    parallax is the determination of
    trigonometric parallax. In accordance with
    the law of gravitation, the relative distances
    of the planets from the Sun are known, and
    the distance of the Sun from Earth can be
    taken as the unit of length.
    MOVING CLUSTER METHOD
    The moving-cluster method can be used to
    find the appoximate distance to relatively
    nearby star clusters. Use the moving-cluster
    method with the data given below to estimate
    the distance to the Hyades open cluster.
    DYNAMICAL PARALLAX
    Is a method for determining the
    distance to a visual binary star. The
    angular diameter of the orbit of the
    stars around each other and their
    apparent brightness to nearby stars.
    THANK
    YOU!
    Presented by: Princess Daine S. Marquez
    12-Marx

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