Bessel measures stellar parallax
Year only · Date as reported
Friedrich Bessel measured the distance to 61 Cygni using its annual parallax.
- Type
- astronomical observation
- Category
- astronomy measurement
- Organization
- Friedrich Bessel
- Participants
- Friedrich Bessel
Sources and attribution
- NASA HEASARC — 1800–1899 (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.