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Stars
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Step 1.
There are many ways to estimate the distance from us to other stars. Some of them are
a) By finding the apparent brightness, distance can be calculated.
b) Variable stars, cepheid variable can be used by relating the period to its luminosity. The luminosity and apparent brightness can be used to find the distance.
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