Sentences with phrase «accurate distance»

The built - in matrix display works well in all lighting conditions to provide accurate distance measurements.

Many smartwatches still need you to keep your smartphone to hand in order to get truly accurate distance tracking.

There's no onboard GPS here, so the watch won't give you the most accurate distance metrics.

The new approach could also enable accurate distance measurements through fog, which has proven to be a major obstacle to the development of self - driving cars.

And it has GPS for recording accurate distances — something that the Moto 360 smartwatch does not have.

The GPS on - board lets you map your runs for accurate distance measurements, and the heart rate monitor can also measure your beats per minute whenever you ask it.

Dr David Frew, Professor Quentin Parker and Dr Ivan Bojicic, based on a culmination of ten years of research work, developed a new method for measuring more accurate distances between «planetary nebulae» and the Earth.

«Our current observations indicate that it will be very easy to measure accurate distances to these distant galaxies in the future with the James Webb Space Telescope,» said co-author Garth Illingworth of the University of California - Santa Cruz.

Based on a culmination of ten years of research work, the new method to estimate more accurate distances between planetary nebulae and the Earth developed by HKU astronomers promises a new era in scientists» ability to study and understand the fascinating if brief period in the final stages of the lives of low - and mid-mass stars.

In their paper, they explained that in order to study the weak lensing signal of the dark matter filaments, they required two sets of data: a catalog of galaxy cluster pairs that were lensed, and a catalog of background source galaxies with accurate distance measurements.

By combining the new measurements with older ones from ESA's Hipparcos satellite, data analysts were able to derive accurate distances and motions for a subset of 2 million stars, providing more precise information on their physical properties and on the Milky Way's gravity field.

Plus, the range finding on these binoculars is fast - often providing accurate distance measurements within seconds.

The resulting so - called «surface brightness — radius relation» has been robustly calibrated using more than 300 planetary nebulae whose accurate distances have been determined via independent and reliable means (e.g. trigonometric parallax measurements of their central stars).

The universal rangefinder provides very accurate distance measurements while the binoculars offer excellent imagery in all lighting conditions.

The astronomers compare the calibrated true brightness values with the stars» apparent brightness, as seen from Earth, to determine accurate distances.

Together with observations from more northern latitudes, Cook's 1769 data provided the first accurate distance to our star — and by extension, to the rest of the planets in the solar system.

If you routinely misperceive or even hallucinate and act on those misapprehensions, you won't survive long in a world filled with dangers whose avoidance requires accurate distance and speed assessments and rapid reactions.

Super-bright galaxies powered by black holes have helped astronomers come up with the most accurate distance yet to the iconic Pleiades star cluster.

Later this year, the SDSS will come out with Data Release 9, which will include highly accurate distance measurements to many galaxies, substituting these accurate measurements for the estimates used in today's results.

However, armed with accurate distance control cameras, squeezing the Jaguar into snug street parking doesn't pose a problem.

It will know you're running and can estimate the distance, but unless you plan on taking your smartphone with you to provide the GPS data, you won't get the same accurate distance, speed or pace details that the Ionic and rival devices offer.

Basically, triangulation sensors measure the location of the spot within the field of view of the detecting element to achieve accurate distance estimations.

More accurate distance data means the Watch 2 can better track your calorie burn and help improve your fitness levels.

But if you want to go outside for a run without your phone, and thus use GPS to get some more accurate distance logging, be prepared to put your watch on a charger when you're done.

It is compatible with Fitbit's Connected GPS feature, which allows you to use your phone's GPS to get more accurate distance tracking and pace results.

Astronomers made the measurements by streamlining and strengthening the construction of the cosmic distance ladder, which is used to measure accurate distances to galaxies near and far from Earth.

More accurate distances between the most common type of «planetary nebulae» and the Earth can be estimated simply with three sets of data: firstly, the size of the object on the sky taken from the latest high resolution surveys; secondly, an accurate measurement of how bright the object is in the red hydrogen - alpha emission line; and thirdly, an estimate of the dimming toward the nebula caused by so called interstellar - reddening.

The Garmin Vivosport HR + packs GPS tracking with accurate distance, pace stats, and a map of your activity — whether you're running indoors or out on the trail.

Of course, using Connected GPS with the Charge 2 will yield more accurate distance tracking results, but that's only if you have your phone with you.

Currently the most accurate distance estimate of WISE 1828 +2650 is a trigonometric parallax, measured using Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2013 by Trent Dupuy and Adam Kraus: 0.070 ± 0.014 arcsec, corresponding to a distance 14.3 +3.6 − 2.4 pc, or 46.6 +11.6 − 7.8 ly.

It's also GPS enabled and has an accelerometer, which provides accurate distance and pace data.

In a just - published paper, astronomers used a sample of 40,000 galaxies in the COSMOS field, a large and contiguous patch of sky with deep enough data to look at galaxies very far away, and with accurate distance measurements to individual galaxies.

«New method to estimate more accurate distances between planetary nebulae and the Earth: Astronomers develop a new method to estimate more accurate distances between planetary nebulae and the Earth.»

A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of so - called «planetary nebulae» dispersed across our Galaxy has just been announced by a team of three astronomers based at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

Only a handful of galaxies currently have accurate distances measured in this very early universe.

«Accurate distances are the foundation upon which we can determine the physical properties and luminosities of brown dwarfs and low mass stars,» Weinberger said.

This value is found by using the galaxies that have accurate distances measured (Cepheids, etc.) and dividing their recession speeds by their distances.

Their accurate distance measurement then resolved a dispute over the pulsar's birthplace, allowed the astronomers to determine the size of its neutron star and possibly solve a mystery about cosmic rays.

An accurate distance, the scientists said, now allows them to better determine the age of the shell of debris blown out by the supernova explosion that created the dense, compact object in the microquasar.

«Getting an accurate distance to this pulsar gave us a real bonanza,» said Walter Brisken, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, NM.

«In addition to giving insight on how these supernovae are formed, gathering data on SN2014J will give us more accurate distances to other type 1a supernovae,» Goodrich said.

Only a handful of galaxies currently have accurate distances measured in this epoch of the Universe and none younger than this.

«Our current observations indicate that it will be very easy to measure accurate distances to these distant galaxies in the future with the James Webb Space Telescope,» said Garth Illingworth of the University of California Santa Cruz.

An accurate distance and therefore speed measurement will also help you understand how you are progressing in your training and set goals for improving your fitness.

It succeeds in doing this with the help of an accurate distance meter, which counts down as the car approaches the relevant turning.

This means you can use these apps on your phone and have their much more accurate distance and calorie info fed into your Fitbit account.

There's no GPS so you can't expect hyper - accurate distance tracking, but the Nokia Steel HR is still a fantastic, stylish watch with great battery life that you can wear around the clock.

Letting you map your runs without trudging 10k with a phone awkwardly strapped to your arm or jiggling around in your pocket, the Watch's integrated GPS also offers more accurate distance tracking.