Talk:List of most distant astronomical object record holders/workpage

Stars

 * Sirius (alpha canis majoris) - 9ly - Nov 1892 - Nov.1892May.1895
 * Arcturus (alpha bootis) - 180ly (18/1000 arcseconds) - Nov 1891 - Nov.1891Feb.1892May.1895 - this distance is wrong... - Jun 1910 -- this is still the most distant star known, 160ly (Nov 1907 already says it is 160ly )
 * Dec 1910 - 6/100 arcseconds (40 ly) - Dec.1910
 * Vega (alpha lyrae) - 97ly - Jun 1890 - Jun.1890 - this distance is wrong...
 * Capella (alpha aurigae) - 4x Vega (4x 115E12mi) - Jul 1897 - Jul.1897
 * In 1901 only about a half-dozen parallaxes were known ...
 * In 1901 5/100 arcsec is the angular resolution of parallax measurement, meaning 60ly
 * 1887 table of 10 star parallaxes
 * 1912 catalogue of all Yale parallaxes
 * Arcturus, Capella, Polaris - all listed as having measured parallax by 1852, Polaris implied being lower parallax.

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