flash animation

Parallax and Distance

The student is shown the parallax/distance of various stars (Capella, Rigel, Sirius, Polaris) and is asked to determine its distance/parallax, or simply given a parallax/distance of an object, the student is asked to calculate the object's distance/parallax.

keywords: parallax, distance, Capella, Rigel, Sirius, Polaris

swf file: ca_stellarprops2_miscparallax.swf