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"Barnard’s star has the largest proper motion of any known star—10.39 seconds of arc annually."
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2 posted on 11/03/2024 7:17:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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You aren't going to see it zooming across the heavens. Wiki says "the 10.3 arcseconds it travels in a year amount to a quarter of a degree in a human lifetime, roughly half the angular diameter of the full Moon."

You'll have to keep a close eye on it to see it move.

6 posted on 11/03/2024 7:35:42 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“President Trump sells out Madison Square Garden -- Kamala sells out America”)
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