The Race to Measure the Cosmos. / Alan W. Hirshfeld.
by Hirshfeld, Alan W; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 60Science. Publisher: Sky & Telescope, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomers | Astronomy -- History | Parallax -- Stars | Stars | Telescopes -- HistoryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Astronomers toiled for centuries trying to determine how far away the stars truly are." (STAR & TELESCOPE) This article describes several astronomers' attempts to measure distances to certain stars and explains how the invention of the telescope aided them in their calculations.
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Originally Published: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, Nov. 2001; pp. 39-45.
"Astronomers toiled for centuries trying to determine how far away the stars truly are." (STAR & TELESCOPE) This article describes several astronomers' attempts to measure distances to certain stars and explains how the invention of the telescope aided them in their calculations.
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