File:New Horizons Proxima Centauri Parallax Animation.gif

New_Horizons_Proxima_Centauri_Parallax_Animation.gif (550 × 600 pixels, file size: 200 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 2 frames, 2.0 s)

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English: This two-frame animation of Proxima Centauri blinks back and forth between New Horizons and Earth images of each star, clearly illustrating the different view of the sky New Horizons has from its deep-space perch.
Date
Source NASA’s New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax Experiment. NASA (2020-06-11).
Author NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Brian May/Las Cumbres Observatory/Siding Spring Observatory

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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Parallax of Proxima Centauri as observed from New Horizons and Earth.

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22 April 2010

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