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What is the parallax angle of rigel?

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What is the parallax angle of rigel kentaurus?

It is 754.81 milliarcseconds. Also, the star is Rigil Kentaurus, not Rigel which is the name of another star.


Why can't the parallax effect be used to measure distances to other galaxies?

The parallax angle of such distant objects is way too small to be measured. In general, the farther away an object, the smaller is its parallax angle.


How does parallax shift varies with distance?

The closer the star, the greater the parallax angle, which is why you can't measure the distance to very distant stars using the parallax method.


Parallax would be easier to measure if?

Parallax would be easier to measure if the Earth were farther from the sun. This way, there will be a wider angle to the stars using the parallax method.


Does the star Sirius or Betelgeuse have a greater parallax angle?

Sirius will have a greater angle, because it is closer to us.


If a star's parallax angle is too small to measure what can you conclude about the stars distance from earth?

You can conclude that it is farther than a certain distance. How much this distance is depends, of course, on how accurately the parallax angle can be measured.


Most stars have such small parallax shifts that accurate measurement is always possible?

On the contrary, if the parallax angle is too small, it can't be measured accurately.


Why would astronomers measure the parallax angle of a planet or star?

It's distance


Describes the angle between your line of sight and the top of a painting that you are looking at?

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What does the angle of parallax determine?

Accuracy of readings of e.g. meters and certain optical instruments. Parallax is also used in astronomy for calculating distances to(astronmically)far-away objects.


If a star's parallax angle is too small to measure what can you conclude about the star's distance from earth?

It means that the distance is greater than a certain amount - depending on how precisely you can measure the parallax.


What is the effect of distance from an object on parallax angles?

The parallax should get smaller and harder to notice although in astronomy there are techniques used to find the parallax of stars by using the Earth's position around the sun to find the distance of the stars.