Stellar Parallax API
Stellar-parallax and astrometry maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The distance endpoint turns a measured trigonometric parallax angle into a distance using d(pc) = 1/p(arcsec), accepting the parallax in arcseconds or milliarcseconds and returning the distance in parsecs, light-years and astronomical units — a parallax of one arcsecond is one parsec (≈3.2616 light-years) by definition, and Proxima Centauri’s 0.7687-arcsecond parallax gives about 1.30 pc, or 4.24 light-years. The parallax endpoint inverts it, p(arcsec) = 1/d(pc), giving the tiny annual back-and-forth angle a star traces against the background as Earth orbits the Sun. The proper-motion endpoint computes a star’s tangential (transverse) velocity across the sky from its proper motion and distance, v_t = 4.74047·μ(arcsec/yr)·d(pc) km/s — Barnard’s Star, with a proper motion of about 10.39 arcsec/yr at 1.83 pc, races across the sky at roughly 90 km/s. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for astronomy, astrophysics, planetarium, education and science-communication app developers, star-distance and stellar-kinematics tools, and Gaia-catalogue post-processing. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is geometric distance and kinematics; for a star’s apparent and absolute brightness use a star-magnitude API.
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