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Why does the parallax method of measuring star distances require observations of a star six months apart?

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Why does the parallax method of measuring star distances require observations of a star six months apart?

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It would be possible to do measurements a month apart, for example, or a week apart; but that would give a smaller parallax angle, and thus a larger error.