Sentences with phrase «angular separation of»
The measured angular separation of the companion ($ 1.2705 \ pm0.0023 $») corresponds to a projected distance of $ 159 \ pm12 $ AU.
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From low - resolution optical and near - IR spectroscopy we classified the primary and the companion as an M7.5 +... ▽ More In a search for common proper motion companions using the VISTA Hemisphere Survey and 2MASS catalogs we have identified a very red (J - Ks = 2.47 mag) late - L dwarf companion of a previously unrecognized M dwarf VHS J125601.92 - 125723.9, located at a projected angular separation of 8.06» + / -0.03».
Abstract: In a search for common proper motion companions using the VISTA Hemisphere Survey and 2MASS catalogs we have identified a very red (J - Ks = 2.47 mag) late - L dwarf companion of a previously unrecognized M dwarf VHS J125601.92 - 125723.9, located at a projected angular separation of 8.06» + / -0.03».
As viewed from Earth, it is located at an angular separation of 2.2 ° from the two main stars.
As of 2015, the magnitude 10.5 K - type companion star was located at an angular separation of 18.10 arc seconds along a position angle of 135 ° from the brighter primary.
Not exact matches
Imaging detections are challenging because of the combined effect of small angular separation and large luminosity contrast between a planet and its host star.
The astronomers measured the angular separation between the three magnified images of the galaxy in the Hubble photos.
«These measurements imply that, given the large angular separation between the three images of our background galaxy, the object must lie very far away,» Zitrin explained.
The further application of the angular differential imaging procedure on these data should allow us to improve the contrast by one order of magnitude down to around 7 $ \ times $ $ 10 ^ -LCB--7 -RCB- $ at a separation of 0.3 arcsec.
One of the problems, though, and a huge one, is that the angular separation (as viewed from Earth) of the primary Centauri stars has been decreasing as they move through their orbits.
The dilution of the host star's light by the nearly equal magnitude stellar companion (~ 0.5 magnitudes fainter) significantly affects the derived planetary parameters, and if left uncorrected, leads to an underestimate of the radius and mass of the planet by 10 %... ▽ More We present the discovery of a hot Jupiter transiting an F star in a close visual (0.3» sky projected angular separation) binary system.
With an angular separation from the primary of about 8.5 arc - minutes, the astronomers estimated a wide physical separation of about 4,000 AUs.
However, the speckles formed at large angular separation are comparable to the intensity of the planet in the Keck - like design.
while the arbiter of scientific debate is peer reviewed scientific literature & does not currently support a role for planets in heliocentric angular separation with events that involve the sun & earth, then the science is flawed.