This hub post surveys 10 ways to calculate distances in space, from familiar techniques like parallax and radar ranging to advanced methods such as redshift measurements, standard candles, and spacecraft telemetry. Each method links to a detailed article with explanations, formulas, examples, and tools so readers — students, amateur astronomers, and educators — can choose the right approach for different distance scales.
Explore the 10 most accurate ways to measure star distances in this comprehensive hub—covering parallax, astrometry, Cepheid variables, RR Lyrae, spectroscopic parallax, redshift, VLBI, eclipsing binaries and more. Each concise summary links to in-depth posts that explain how each technique works, its typical accuracy and range, required instruments, and real-world use cases.