Given a table of a data (including distance in parsecs, parallax, and absolute and apparent magnitudes) for various stars, the student is asked to determine which star is closest/farther, has the most/least luminosity, and is brightest/dimmest in the sky.
keywords: distance, parsec, parallax, apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude, luminosity, brightness
swf file: ca_stellarprops2_parallaxdistmod.swf