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Cuando usar Stellar Parallax 3D Explorer

Use this explorer when you want to see how the nearest stars distances are measured directly, and skip it when you want brightness-based distances or motion redshift.

  • Classroom demos of parallax and the parsec
  • Showing why closer stars shift more against the background
  • Introducing the first rung of the cosmic distance ladder

This is an educational visualization with a hugely exaggerated parallax angle, not to scale.


Paralaje estelar: cifras clave

Cifras clave de paralaje estelar en un panel: Stellar Parallax 3D Explorer lista 1 parsec = 3.26 anios luz, 61 Cygni de Bessel 0.314 arcsec, Proxima 0.7685 y todas las paralajes estelares bajo 1 arcsec.

Compare las cifras clave del paralaje estelar: el parsec, la primera paralaje medida, Proxima y el limite del arcosegundo.
Paralaje estelar: el parsec, la primera medicion, Proxima y el limite.
CantidadValor
1 parsec3.26 anos luz (1 UA equivale a 1 arcosegundo)
Primera paralaje (Bessel, 1838)61 Cygni, 0.314 arcosegundos
Paralaje de Proxima Centauri0.7685 arcosegundos
Todas las paralajes estelaresmenos de 1 arcosegundo

Walk the controls in the step-by-step guide, or compare options in vs alternatives. Open the Stellar Parallax 3D Explorer.