Parallax. Diagram of planetary parallax showing the apparent difference in the position of a body when measured from two different positions on Earth.

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Parallax. Diagram of planetary parallax showing the apparent difference in the position of a body when measured from two different positions on Earth. Used to measure the distance of a body. From The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F Blount (London, 1845). Coloured lithograph.

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Keywords: 1845, apparent, astronomy, beauty, blount, body, charles, coloured, diagram, difference, distance, earth, heavens, lithograph, london, measure, measured, optics, parallax, planetary, position, positions, science