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- 21600 nmi. A minute of arc is ⁠π/10800⁠ of a radian. A second of arc, arcsecond (abbreviated as arcsec), or arc second, denoted by the symbol ″, is a...
- and is defined as the distance at which 1 AU subtends an angle of one arcsecond (⁠1/3600⁠ of a degree). The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 1...
- arcsecond (30 m along the equator) and coverage includes Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia. A derived one arcsecond dataset...
- In geometry, a solid angle (symbol: Ω) is a measure of the amount of the field of view from some particular point that a given object covers. That is,...
- Stellar parallax measures are given in the tiny units of arcseconds, or even in thousandths of arcseconds (milliarcseconds). The distance unit p****c is defined...
- resolution of approximately 0.002 arcsecond. In single telescope mode, the angular resolution is about 0.05 arcseconds. The VLT is one of the most productive...
- adopted a value of 0.25 arcsecond for much of the 19th century. It is now known to have a parallax of nearly 0.4 arcseconds. The Hipparcos parallax for...
- brightness is often quoted on a magnitude scale, in magnitudes per square arcsecond (MPSAS) in a particular filter band or photometric system. Measurement...
- ASTERIA (Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research In Astrophysics) was a miniaturized space telescope technology demonstration and opportunistic science...
- 9 For the Planetary Camera Field of View 66 x 66 arcseconds f/30 Smallest pixel scale 0.043 arcsecond (unit of degree) Although there was nothing known...