Q: What is the amplitude of each star's motion? In other words, what is the maximum speed away from the systematic velocity for each star? The red star moves from +95 to -70 km/sec, so its amplitude is v(red) = 0.5 * (95 - (-70)) km/sec = 82 km/sec The black star moves from +80 to -56 km/sec, so its amplitude is v(black) = 0.5 * (80 - (-56)) km/sec = 68 km/sec (These values are reasonably close to the 83 and 66 km/sec measured by Fetherolf et al)