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- noun A
unit ofangle ; 1/60th of adegree .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
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The scale of the Hubble/VLA/Chandra image is probably on the scale of arcminutes (1 arcminute = 60,000 milliarcseconds).
Archive 2008-08-22 Nicole 2008
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Groups and clusters of galaxies can be effectively found using their extended x-ray emission on sub-arcminute scales.
Dark Matter in Distant Galaxy Groups Mapped for the First Time | Universe Today 2010
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However, this does not take into account the optics of the system which degrade image quality somewhat giving a commonly accepted resolution of 1 arcminute/cycle.
The Register 2010
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So, if a normal human eye can discriminate two points separated by 1 arcminute/cycle at a distance of a foot, we should be able to discriminate two points 89 micrometers apart which would work out to about 287 pixels per inch.
The Register 2010
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See, I'm just biased towards interferometers; -) ** One arcsecond is 1/60th of an arcminute, and one arcminute is 1/60th of a degree.
First Stellar Images Nicole 2009
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See, I'm just biased towards interferometers; -) ** One arcsecond is 1/60th of an arcminute, and one arcminute is 1/60th of a degree.
Archive 2009-02-25 Nicole 2009
reesetee commented on the word arcminute
Also called the minute of arc. There are 21,600 arcminutes in a circle.
November 6, 2007
seanahan commented on the word arcminute
That's 360 degrees times 60 minutes per degree.
November 7, 2007