Comments on: “Mister” Sol’s neighborhood http://www.clarkplanetarium.com/blog/mister-sols-neighborhood Clark Planetarium Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:32:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Bigelow http://www.clarkplanetarium.com/blog/mister-sols-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-644 Robert Bigelow Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:39:34 +0000 http://www.clarkplanetarium.com/blog/?p=771#comment-644 The distance to the interesting binary star system VV Cephei is very uncertain. It is too far away to accurately determine its distance by triangulation (the method used for nearby stars). It is certainly thousands of light years away. James Kaler, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the University of Illinois, suggests that if VV Cephei is a member of the Cepheus OB2 association of hot blue stars, its distance would be between about 1900 and 2900 light years. If it is not part of the association, it could perhaps be twice as far away. (http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/vvcep.html) The distance to the interesting binary star system VV Cephei is very uncertain. It is too far away to accurately determine its distance by triangulation (the method used for nearby stars). It is certainly thousands of light years away.

James Kaler, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the University of Illinois, suggests that if VV Cephei is a member of the Cepheus OB2 association of hot blue stars, its distance would be between about 1900 and 2900 light years. If it is not part of the association, it could perhaps be twice as far away. (http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/vvcep.html)

]]> By: Joe Heri http://www.clarkplanetarium.com/blog/mister-sols-neighborhood/comment-page-1#comment-632 Joe Heri Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:54:34 +0000 http://www.clarkplanetarium.com/blog/?p=771#comment-632 Your image above is very interesting to me, if I may ask where and how far in light year would VV Cephei A be from our sun? Your image above is very interesting to me, if I may ask where and how far in light year would VV Cephei A be from our sun?

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