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This image is an altered version of Image:Stellarparallax2.svg, which is an SVG version of Image:Stellarparallax2.png. Stellarparallax2.svg was released into the public domain by its creator, Booyabazooka.

Parsec Definition diagram

The apparent motion of a nearby star is a small ellipse in the sky relative to background stars over the period of a year. The viewpoint is defined as the Earth.

The angle representing major axis radius of the elliptical path is the parallax angle.

A parsec is defined as the distance to an object whose parallax angle = 1 arc second.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:20, 29 November 2007	555×870 (18 KB)	Babbage (Talk \| contribs)	(The page size was too small and was cropping the image)
	02:09, 24 September 2006	496×825 (18 KB)	Srain (Talk \| contribs)	(Edit by original author - page size fit to image.)
	00:49, 24 September 2006	744×1,052 (17 KB)	Srain (Talk \| contribs)	(This image is an altered version of Stellarparallax2.svg, which is an SVG version of Stellarparallax2.png. Stellarparallax2.svg was released into the public domain by its creator, Booyabazooka. Parsec Definition diagram The apparent motion of a ne)