![SOLVED: Question 8 (5 points) Saved The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius. It has a parallax of 0.4 arcseconds What is the distance to Sirius in light-years? [d 1/p SOLVED: Question 8 (5 points) Saved The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius. It has a parallax of 0.4 arcseconds What is the distance to Sirius in light-years? [d 1/p](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_images/f0c3cfc4f34340cc9961d13c5a2893f7.jpg)
SOLVED: Question 8 (5 points) Saved The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius. It has a parallax of 0.4 arcseconds What is the distance to Sirius in light-years? [d 1/p
![The Orion Nebula is the closest star forming region to Earth, it lies 1,300 light years away and is thought to be around 25 light years across. : r/Cosmos The Orion Nebula is the closest star forming region to Earth, it lies 1,300 light years away and is thought to be around 25 light years across. : r/Cosmos](https://i.redd.it/cvhb22s5yh851.png)
The Orion Nebula is the closest star forming region to Earth, it lies 1,300 light years away and is thought to be around 25 light years across. : r/Cosmos
![HUBBLE TELESCOPE “Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth” Science 322 No. 5906 pp. 1345–1348, November 28, 2008 | Paul Kalas, James R. Graham, Eugene Chiang, Michael | First HUBBLE TELESCOPE “Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth” Science 322 No. 5906 pp. 1345–1348, November 28, 2008 | Paul Kalas, James R. Graham, Eugene Chiang, Michael | First](https://olsonbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29035_1.jpg?v=1653666699)
HUBBLE TELESCOPE “Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth” Science 322 No. 5906 pp. 1345–1348, November 28, 2008 | Paul Kalas, James R. Graham, Eugene Chiang, Michael | First
![SOLVED: You decide to travel to a star 63 light-years from Earth at a speed that tells you the distance is only 34 light-years: Part A How many years would it take SOLVED: You decide to travel to a star 63 light-years from Earth at a speed that tells you the distance is only 34 light-years: Part A How many years would it take](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_images/cfffe3dfd5cd4dc18907605ae8c07141.jpg)