Hipparchos and M42

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Hipparchos and M42

Raoul — 7/27/2007 7:39:28 PM (archived)

It looks like there's no data on M 42 from Hipparchos.

Besides, M 45 Hipparchos data is known to have been flawed and the same for the same area in the sky.

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The Orion Nebula (M42) much closer than previously thought - Raoul - 7/27/2007 1:56:45 PM
- A 20% revision of the distance estimate? - Hank - 7/27/2007 5:39:32 PM
  - Yes, I read the same! quite a lot! - Raoul - 7/27/2007 6:44:21 PM
    - re: Yes, I read the same! quite a lot! - Interesting. - Marcia - 7/28/2007 2:24:40 AM
    - So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 6:56:28 PM
      - Hipparchos and M42 - Raoul - 7/27/2007 7:39:28 PM
      - re: So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - Hank - 7/27/2007 7:34:29 PM
        
        re: So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - phil - 7/27/2007 8:58:16 PM
        
        I guess I should have paid better attention to that significant digits lecture in Astronomy 101. (n/t) - Hank - 7/28/2007 12:07:37 AM

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