Determining the movement Stars

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Determining the movement Stars

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I'm just curious if it's possible for a telescope to determine the distance between stars as I would like to know if there is a change of the distance between the stars as time goes by. Thanks !
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Hi,
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You can find the distance of the star by using Parallax method. Below website got a more detail description:
http://www.astronomynotes.com/starprop/s2.htm

But I'm not sure whether we can do it ourself as most our instrument are not so accurate and precise... may be only on some of the nearest stars.

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Post by lucasng13 »

Thanks very much for your answer! However, i would like to know which telescopes can measure the distance between stars. It doesn't have to be precise, just a rough estimate.
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