Angular distance

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21NGC objects / Planetary nebulae / Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Light-year / Hubble Space Telescope / Cosmic distance ladder / Solar System / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

16 Eagle Nebula - Closeup The Hubble Space Telescope took the image of the Eagle Nebula (M16). This star-forming region is in the constellation Serpens, and located 6,500 light years from Earth. It is only about 6 milli

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-01-01 10:37:00
22Ballistics / Minute of arc / Manned spacecraft / Angular diameter / International Space Station / Spaceflight / Angle / Astrometry

Angular Size and Velocity The relationship between the distance to an object, R, the objects size, L, and the angle that it subtends at that distance,  is given by:

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-09 12:33:12
23Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-05 09:52:23
24Star types / Star / Hertzsprung–Russell diagram / Stellar classification / Cosmic distance ladder / Binary star / Extrasolar planet / Effective temperature / Astronomy / Space / Stellar astronomy

A The Astrophysical Journal, 683:424Y432, 2008 August 10 # 2008. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. ANGULAR DIAMETERS OF THE G SUBDWARF  CASSIOPEIAE A AND THE K DWARFS  DRACONIS

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Source URL: www.chara.gsu.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-09-23 14:29:21
25Variable stars / Space / Astrophysics / Cepheid variables / Classical Cepheid variable / Cosmic distance ladder / Angular diameter / Star / Type II Cepheid / Astrometry / Standard candles / Astronomy

c ESO 2005  The projection factor of δ Cephei A calibration of the Baade-Wesselink method using the CHARA Array A. Mérand1 , P. Kervella1 , V. Coudé du Foresto1 , S. T. Ridgway1,2,3 , J. P. Aufdenberg2 , T. A. ten B

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Source URL: www.chara.gsu.edu

Language: English - Date: 2005-09-08 10:24:10
26Galaxies / Astrophysics / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Angular diameter / Supermassive black hole / Cosmic distance ladder / Milky Way / Gamma-ray burst / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

I ntroduction Busy educators sometimes have trouble finding ways to help their students feel the excitement of science in action. As a part of

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Source URL: www-glast.sonoma.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-09-11 13:17:07
27Space / Angle / Ballistics / Minute of arc / Angular diameter / Moon / Mare Serenitatis / Sun / Cosmic distance ladder / Astrometry / Astronomy / Physics

Getting an Angle on the Sun and Moon The Sun (Diameter = 1,400,000 km) and Moon (Diameter = 3,476 km) have very different physical diameters in kilometers, but in the sky they can appear to be nearly the same size. Astr

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 05:44:22
28Astronomy / Astrometry / Euclidean geometry / Angular mil / Decimalisation / Length / Cosmic distance ladder / Measuring instrument / Similarity / Geometry / Triangles / Measurement

www.exploratorium.edu/geometryplayground/activities Handy Measuring Ratio Use your hand as a tool for indirect measurement. Materials

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Source URL: www.exploratorium.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-11-13 15:03:58
29Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: xrtpub.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-05 09:52:23
30Matter / Manned spacecraft / Space Shuttle Atlantis / Minute of arc / Angular distance / Hydrogen / Chemistry / Astrometry / Angle

Dive and Discover: Puzzle Stumper #2 Hint: All answers found within Expedition 9 and Deeper Discovery[removed]

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Source URL: divediscover.whoi.edu

Language: English - Date: 2013-12-04 14:28:18
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