Celestial Distances - Descriptive Astronomy Lecture

This is a Descriptive Astronomy (ASTR110) lecture titled, Celestial Distances.

Topics
0:00 Introduction
1:46 Radar, the Solar System
3:29 Triangulation and Parallax, the Galactic Neighborhood
16:58 Pulsing Variable Stars, the Galaxy and a Bit Beyond
25:37 Side Note on Calibrating Measurements
34:43 H-R Diagram and Luminosity Classification
39:30 Cosmic Distance Ladder