Zizek's new "Parallax View"
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n17/jame02_.html". A complex appreciation, full of quotable delights, of a work of the same description (which I have not yet read). I do have The Ticklish Subject to which the new volume is supposed to be a completing sequel, and I keep...
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Hi everyone.
I have this assignment whereby I need to use the parallax method to calculate the distance to a pole from a base line on our school field. I am kind of confused as to how I can apply the parallax method to do this on our assessment day.
We know that on one end...
1) A student is standing on the east side of a building and notices that it casts no shadow. One hour later, she notices that the shadow of the building is about 3 feet long. Approx. how high is the building she is standing next to?
In this problem I honestly just don't know where to start...
Hey I'm really confused about these things above (well except for light years). How would you get a distance in parsecs and in light years if there was an annual parallax of say 0.2 arc seconds. I'm just revising for exams but am really confused now! Thanks.
please can somebody help me with this parallax equation:
D=distance to star
theta=angle
using the rule D=(d/2)/tan(theta/2)
when d = 300*10tothe6
and theta = 5*10tothe-5
what is the distance to the star in km and light years?