Summary: III. Distance Ladder
I. Aretxaga
Jun 2010Jun 2010
Cosmic Distances
1028 cm10 cm
41 orders of magnitude
Distance Ladder: solar system (~10-6 pc)
Distance Ladder: solar system (~10-6 pc)
Distance Ladder: solar system (~10-6 pc)
Distance Ladder: nearby stars (~50 pc)
Distance Ladder: nearby stars (~1kpc)
Next missionNext mission
Gaia (ESA,
2011) to
1Mpcp
~120000 with astrometric parameters
Distance Ladder: Hyades (moving cluster)
Distance Ladder: Statistical Parallax (~300pc)
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(vr )

Source: Aretxaga, Itziar - Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica

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