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Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
Parallax Angle If we view a star now, and then view it again
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Alderamin |
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a. Make a power function model of the data for
b. If one star has a parallax angle that is twice that of a second, how do their distances compare?
c. The star Mergez has a parallax angle of
d. The star Sabik is
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