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AaS! 25: How do we know how far away stuff is...far away?

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:37:07
Publish Date: 2016-02-02 07:00:00
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How do we measure distances to…well, distant objects? What the heck is a Cepheid, and why is it useful? Standard candles? Standard rulers? Standard spheres? It all seems a bit much, don’t you think? I answer these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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