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• Photometric parallax method — The photometric parallax method is a method of data analysis used in astronomy that uses the colours and apparent brightnesses of stars to infer their distances. It was used by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to discover the Virgo super star cluster …   Wikipedia

• parallax — parallactic /par euh lak tik/, adj. parallactically, adv. /par euh laks /, n. 1. the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer. 2. Astron. the apparent angular displacement of a celestial body due …   Universalium

• Dynamical parallax — In astronomy, the distance to a visual binary star may be estimated from the masses of its two components, the size of their orbit, and the period of their revolution around one another.[1] A dynamical parallax is an (annual) parallax which is… …   Wikipedia

• Virgo Stellar Stream — Infobox Galaxy name = Virgo Stellar Stream epoch = J2000 type = remains of a dSph ra = ? dec = ? dist ly = 30 kly appmag v = ? size v = 30 prime; times; 10 prime; constellation name = Virgo radius ly = ? absmag v = ? names = noneThe Virgo Stellar …   Wikipedia

• V838 Monocerotis — and its light echo as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on December 17, 2002. Credit: NASA/ESA Observation data Epoch 2000.0& …   Wikipedia

• Vega — Starbox begin name=Vega Starbox image caption = Location of Vega in the constellation Lyra. Starbox observe epoch=J2000.0 constell=Lyra ra=RA|18|36|56.3364cite web author=Staff date=October 30, 2007 url=http://simbad.u strasbg.fr/simbad/sim… …   Wikipedia

• Star catalogue — An illustration of the Perseus constellation (after Perseus from Greek mythology) from the star catalogue published by the German astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690 A star catalogue, or star catalog, is an astronomical catalogue that lists… …   Wikipedia

• Binary star — For the hip hop group, see Binary Star (band). Hubble image of the …   Wikipedia

• South African Astronomical Observatory — The Southern African Large Telescope Organ …   Wikipedia

• Cosmic distance ladder — * Light green boxes: Technique applicable to star forming galaxies. * Light blue boxes: Technique applicable to Population II galaxies. * Light Purple boxes: Geometric distance technique. * Light Red box: The planetary nebula luminosity function… …   Wikipedia

• IK Pegasi — Starbox begin name=IK Pegasi Starbox image caption=Location of IK Pegasi. Starbox observe epoch=J2000 ra=RA|21|26|26.6624cite web title=SIMBAD Query Result: HD 204188 Spectroscopic binary publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg… …   Wikipedia