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- noun Abbreviation of
arcminute .
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Note that there is a 10.3 magnitude irregular variable a few arcmin west of this position, so do not use it as a comparison star.
Observing Alert: Possible Nova in Ophichus | Universe Today 2010
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This is the star HIP 62646, of 5.7 magnitude, lying some 15 arcmin away.
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A moderately crowded stellar field in the cluster 47 Tuc is observed with the ACS (at the cluster core) and WFC3 (6 arcmin West of the cluster core) using the full suite of broad and narrow band imaging filters.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Considering rods & cones together and being a trifle inexact, the resolution is about 1 arcmin at the fovea, falling to around 5 arcmin at around 25° radius, and then shallowly falling further to around 10 arcmin at 60°.
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MOIRCS has a large (4 arcmin by 7 arcmin) field of view, allowing it to capture, with a single shot, the detailed features of a large PN.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2009
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The image covers a region of 14.1 x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times fainter than can be seen by the unaided eye.
unknown title 2008
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x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times ...
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x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times ...
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x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times ...
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x 21.6 arcmin on the sky and shows galaxies that are 1 billion times ...
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