Examples of 'minutes of arc' in a sentence

Meaning of "minutes of arc"

Minutes of arc are a unit of angular measurement used in mathematics, astronomy, and navigation to denote a fraction of a degree in a circle
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minutes of arc
The accuracy was of the order of a few minutes of arc.
So a few minutes of arc is a small quantity to measure especially without a telescope.
Is expressed in minutes of arc.
Minutes of arc.
The accuracy of such sensors may attain a few minutes of arc.
I is in minutes of arc.
Angular resolution can typically be of the order of a few minutes of arc.
The diameter is in minutes of arc as seen from Earth.
The human eye can not resolve any object that subtends less than three minutes of arc.
Not exceed 5 minutes of arc.
Residual width of the object displayed on the monitor ( with smear ) minutes of arc.
There are 60 minutes of arc in one degree.
The entire letter makes up 5 minutes of arc.
Is 4 minutes of arc.
Intricate profiles and punched slopes with a precision of 10 minutes of arc are attainable.

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It appears somewhat smaller in amateur instruments, perhaps about 10 minutes of arc.
With normal eyesight Alcor appears at about 12 minutes of arc from Mizar.
SIMON ( Montreal infrared spectrometer ) is a spectrometer-imager with a field of vision of 7.5 minutes of arc.
This, of course, has a very small field - a few minutes of arc.
A degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes of arc.
Width of the object displayed on the monitor ( without smear ) minutes of arc.
In comparison, this still very deep eclipse was off-center by over 12 minutes of arc.

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