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OpenStudy (anonymous):

An astronomer would most likely use parallax to see the Doppler shift in a star. measure the distance to a star. measure the temperature of a star. see the emission spectrum of a star

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Parallax is viewing an object from different positions, like on one side of the sun then waiting half a year and view the object from the other side of the sun. From the angles and the distance between viewing position, the distance to the object can be calculated.

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