Sunday, 25 December 2011

distances - Where can I look up the 3D positions of the closest stars?

You can determine the 3D position for a star, p, by using the distance from Earth, R, as well as the right ascension, Omega, and declination, delta, within the following formula.



p=RbeginbmatrixcosOmegacosdelta sinOmegacosdelta sindelta endbmatrix



Note this will yield positions within the Earth-centered inertial reference frame.

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