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How Do We Know How Far Away Stars Are? Parallax Math
Proxima Centauri shifts 0.768 arcsec a year, which puts it 4.2465 light-years away. Here is the parallax math, what Gaia changed and the distance ladder.
Proxima Centauri shifts 0.768 arcsec a year, which puts it 4.2465 light-years away. Here is the parallax math, what Gaia changed and the distance ladder.