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Re:How Do We Measure the Distance to a Star? by msisk6 on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:31PM (#17805143)
Surprised it wasn't mentioned in the video, but this is where the term 'parsec' come from. A parallax angle of 1 arc second means the object is 1 parsec away (3.26 light years).

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