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re: Candidates for what?

ljk — 6/9/2005 12:51:42 PM (archived)

Did you read the article, or at least the abstract?

Not every nearby star's true distance is known with certainty.

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4,131 Candidate Stars within 33 Parsecs of Sol - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:24:12 AM
- Candidates for what? (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 12:45:03 PM
  - re: Candidates for what? - ljk - 6/9/2005 12:51:42 PM
    - So they are candidates for being nearby stars. They might be within 100 lightyears. OK. (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 12:54:30 PM
      - But more than 50 lightyears, 'suspected of course' ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 6/9/2005 2:52:58 PM

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