Sentences with phrase «against background stars»

The dust lanes are faintly visible in places, but only where they can be seen in silhouette against background stars.

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The word simply meant «wanderer» and referred to the seven prominent celestial objects that moved against the background of stars.

When you see the satellite as a line against a background of stars, it is due to the object's motion in the sky during a long exposure.

By precisely locating the same stars in Andromeda in 2002 and then again in 2010, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore have calculated how the galaxy has moved against the background of deep space — confirming that the galaxy's sideways motion is but a fraction of the speed at which it's hurtling toward the Milky Way.

The center of mass will trace a straight line against the stellar background and thus the luminous star will trace a sinusoidal path.

This sequence of low - resolution telescope images (the best that are available) shows an asteroid discovered in 2008 as a tiny dot (with an arrow pointing toward it) as it moves across the sky against a background of stars.

Extremely dense clouds of gas and dust are seen in silhouette, appearing dark against the bright background stars.

The only accurate approach to measure the tangential speed of M31 is to observe proper motion of M31's stars against a background of distant galaxies.

As the galaxy drifts through space, its stars will move uniformly against the (essentially) fixed background galaxies (Image: NASA / STScI)

To find moving objects against a background of stars, astronomers take two or more pictures of the same patch of sky at different times.

Stars go against the seasonal style rules and wear dresses with fresh floral patterns on moody black backgrounds.

This lightweight cotton fabric features a romantic print of journal pages against the background of rolling ocean waves and star constellations.

The golden stars look pretty stylish against the dark purple background.

Betsy Bozdech Set against a background of sometimes beautiful, sometimes bleak, always breathtaking Canadian vistas, Aisling Walsh's biopic about celebrated folk artist Maud Lewis boasts authentic, lived - in performances by stars Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.

Brilliant beams of white, yellow, orange and red emanate from the buoy and flow upward against a deep black, star - specked background as if it were floating through space in a sci - fi scene that's been invaded by webs of Abstract Expressionist paint.

Ross Bleckner's «Galaxy Painting,» a scattering of stars against a deep blue background, and Fernández's «Burnout,» a wall installation made of glass cubes that suggests a sun, take a cosmic view, while Willie Cole's «Dance Trance I» is firmly grounded.

Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's GuideOn a 1080p trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a red lightsaber popped against a dark, rainy background of Kylo Ren and his crew of baddies.

That way, the food becomes the star and really pops against the background.