Unit 2- Stellar Motion and the Doppler Shift
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Modeling our Stellar Neighborhood
If we can determine a star's: 1. distance (from parallax) 2. radial velocity (using Doppler shift) 3. Transverse velocity (measure proper motion, plug in distance) we can combine them to construct 3-D snapshot of star's physical movement through space.
