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Stellar parallax isn't a big effect. It wasn't even observable until the 1800s. Even the Hubble cannot measure parallax past about 10,000 lightyears, which is a
by titzer 6y ago
Stellar parallax isn't a big effect. It wasn't even observable until the 1800s. Even the Hubble cannot measure parallax past about 10,000 lightyears, which is about 10% of the size of the Milky Way. For earth bound telescopes at this scale, it's totally negligible.