When to Use Parallax Distance 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Parallax Distance 3D Explorer when you need Earth's 1 AU opposite-orbit baseline turned into stellar distance with d (pc) = 1/p (arcsec) - including Proxima Centauri at about 0.7687 arcsec - without a Hipparcos or Gaia reduction pipeline.
A five-minute classroom demo
A five-minute classroom demo starts when you open Parallax Distance 3D Explorer, press Proxima then 1 arcsec, and watch the star jump in depth as p changes - clearer than writing d = 1/p alone on a board.
Baseline and conversion literacy in one panel
Baseline literacy in Parallax Distance 3D Explorer stays readable when you keep the facts panel open for 1 pc about 3.26 ly (about 206,265 AU) while the sight-line triangle moves with Earth A/B on the teaching orbit. Sight-line angles are exaggerated so the triangle stays readable on screen - the panel numbers follow the published conversions.
Sessions Parallax Distance 3D Explorer does not fit
Sessions Parallax Distance 3D Explorer does not fit are catalog reductions, true-to-scale sub-arcsecond geometry, magnitude scales, or galactic-arm tours. Use Stellar Magnitude Scale Explorer, Milky Way Map 3D Explorer, or Solar System 3D Explorer instead. Walk the controls in the Parallax Distance 3D Explorer step-by-step guide.
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