The distance to a star was first announced in 1838 when the parallax of 61 Cygni was measured by Friedrich Bessel.

The first direct measurement of the distance to a star (61 Cygni at 11.4 light years) was made in 1838 by Friedrich Bessel using the parallax technique.

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These measurements will help determine the astrometric parameters of stars two corresponding to the angular position of a given star on the sky, two for the derivatives of the star's position over time (motion) and lastly, the star's parallax from which distance can be calculated.