arcsec

Examples

• All

• The image has a full-width, half-maximum resolution of 0.15 arcsec after deconvolution, which further enhances its quality.

  Academic text (1994)

• The field of view is 12.8 x 12.8 arcsec, corresponding to about 10 x 10 light years.

  Academic text (1994)

• Pitch, roll, and yaw errors are to <1/2 arcsec.

  Academic text (1996)

• PHOTO (COLOR): The central 1.5 arcsec x 1.5 arcsec of the Milky Way Galaxy.

  Academic text (2004)

• Because the mean height of the turbulence is about 10 km, the guide star and target must therefore be within about 20 cm/10 km = 20 μrad = 4 arcsec.

  Academic text (1994)

• Field of view is 41 x 41 arcsec, and spatial resolution is 0.4 arcsec. (Image provided by R. Q. Fugate, Phillips Laboratory, and P. McCullough, University of Illinois.)

  Academic text (1994)

• Field of view is 41 x 41 arcsec, and spatial resolution is 0.4 arcsec. (Image provided by R. Q. Fugate, Phillips Laboratory, and P. McCullough, University of Illinois.)

  Academic text (1994)

• To operate an adaptive optics system on a telescope at visual wavelengths, a tenth-magnitude (or brighter) reference source must be located within 1 to 2 arcsec of the astronomical target.

  Academic text (1994)

• The telescope can resolve details as small as 0.15 arcsec in the night sky.

• The observed shift of 1 arcsec indicated the presence of a new planet.

Synonyms

A

arcsecant

vsarcsec

• Specialized

9.9

The angle whose secant is a given number

is the shorter symbolic form used as an abbreviation

A

arc secant

vsarcsec

• Specialized

9.9

An angle whose secant or 1 divided by its cosine equals a given number

is the compact symbolic form used instead of the phrase

I

inverse secant

vsarcsec

• Specialized

9.9

An angle whose cosine equals 1 divided by a given number

is the concise symbolic form rather than a descriptive phrase

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology