Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)
Wolf 359 parallax, Stephane Neveu
Wolf 359 parallax
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Wolf 359 parallax

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In April 2020 the New Horizons probe gathered images of two of the nearest stars, Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359, to demonstrate parallax effect.
By doing images of the wolf 359 star at the same time, I could measure the parallax, then, the distance of the star, 2,47 pc.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Learn/Get-Involved.php#Parallax-Program


Animated gif shows image from new horizons vs my own
full story (in french) in https://lastronomie.fr/ot/ magazine issue 90

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