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2 Distance of the Hyades A250 Lab #1

3 Parallax Image from Wikipedia

4 Images from Carroll & Ostlie and http://extrasolarplanet.allalla.com/
Stellar Motion Images from Carroll & Ostlie and

5 Proper Motion Image from MISAO

6 Image from http://www.astronomynotes.com/
Transverse Velocity Image from

7 Moving Cluster Parallax
θ Image from Wikipedia

8 Moving Cluster Parallax

9 Procedure Extend vectors, find convergent point
Find distance to 10 stars in cluster Find average distance Do a thorough errors analysis Answer questions

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11 Parallax Image from Wikipedia

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