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Re: Calculating the distance between stars
« on: July 22, 2004, 06:34:44 PM »
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blobrana wrote:
Hum,
To figure it roughly don't bother with Spherical trigonometry,
Just use standard 2d coordinates with Pythagoras theorem...


Lol, that's what I was going to say for about half a second after I read the original question, then I realised it wouldn't work and I was too lazy to put any more thought into it  :-P

It'll be close sometimes if the stars are on the same side of the sun, but falls all to hell once you try using it for stars on the other side. :-)
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