Parallax errors versus star magnitude in the old solution (left) and the new solution (right). The old data shows various modeling and data errors caused by altitude and other issues with the Hipparcos satellite, which are corrected in the new version. Credit: Floor van Leeuwen, the Institute of Astronomy

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