GIF animation: distant star versus nearby star parallax

Distant star, smaller parallax angle.

Nearby star, larger parallax angle.

GIF animation screen captures from "Parallax/Solar System Modeler" http://www.astro.washington.edu/labs/parallax/solar.html (original link, defunct) http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/sallmen/phy160/labs/lab3_files/uwash_files/solar.html (Astronomy Department, University of Washington)