Question

Vega, the brightest star in the constellation lyra, has a parallax angle of approximately 0.13 arcseconds. approximately how far away is vega from the sun?

Answer 1

Vega, the brightest star in the constellation lyra, has a parallax angle of approximately 0.13 arcseconds,  approximately  Vega will be 25.076 Light year or 7.692 Parsec away from the sun

The parallax angle is the angle between the Earth at one time of year, and the Earth six months later, as measured from a nearby star.

Mathematically it can be understood as that the parallax angle is the angle which is taken from a point at one time on the earth and again after six months later from the same point on the earth. The parallax angle is the semi-angle of inclination between the two lines to sight.

Stellar parallax is the basis for the parsec, which is the distance from the Sun to an astronomical object that has a parallax angle of one arcsecond.

Distance (in parsec) = 1 / (parallax angle ( arcsec))

given

parallax angle = 0.13 arcseconds

Distance (in parsec) = 1/ 0.13 = 7.692 Parsec

if 1 Parsec = 3.26 Light year

So, 7.692 Parsec will be equal to =  3.26 * 7.692 = 25.076 Light year

                                                        ≈ 25.076 Light year

To learn more about Stellar parallax here

brainly.com/question/4885471?referrer=searchResults

#SPJ4