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The Basics
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The Basics Look up at night and you see stars in every direction in the sky. One of the things you notice is that some stars seem brighter than others. Well, it's true, some stars do seem brighter than others. Some stars are brighter than others. Some only seem brighter, though, because they are closer to us than ones farther away. As an example, let's say my greatest fantasy comes true... that one night a bored publisher is surfing the web, stumbles across this webpage, thinks I have a style entertaining enough to write a book, and I make $100,000. Then I go out and buy a deep purple convertible, pick up my daughter after school, and go on a road trip to Polaris. |