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OpenStudy (samigupta8):

why only distance of nearby stars can be found by parallax method?

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

parallax method uses the distant background stars as reference

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

the closer the star that is being measured the greater the parallax shift

OpenStudy (turingtest):

if the star is too far away the parallax shift is too small to measure

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