Stellar Velocity Calculator

Shows how the distance to a star, its doppler shift, and its proper motion allow one to calculate the star's true space velocity.

Running this animation on your computer...

1. right-click to download stellarvel.swf and stellarvel.html to the same directory
2. open the html file in a browser to run the animation

Linking to this animation...

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Putting this animation on your website...

1. upload stellarvel.swf to the same directory as your webpage
2. copy and paste the following code into your webpage:
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