Sentences with phrase «angular sizes on»

The ripples seen by COBE have angular sizes on the sky greater than 10 degree.

Basically, the distant ripples appear to shrink as the universe expands, so researchers can infer the age of the cosmos from their angular size on the sky.

Not exact matches

Another result that we don't really understand is that we don't see any temperature fluctuations in the microwave background on scales larger than 60 degrees [the angular size in the sky of the fluctuations].

In this case, the measurement was roughly equal to the angular size of a baseball on the Moon.

The new technique is similar to that used by land surveyors on earth, who measure both the physical and angular — or «apparent» — size of a distant object, to calculate its distance from Earth.

And the angular scale of the EHT is astonishing; it will have the power to resolve something the size of a grape lying on the surface of the moon.

Note that this effect of size on the perceived contrast can not be explained by the finite resolution of the visual system, because we used disks with angular diameter much larger than that of the Airy disk, and the effect was exactly the same for disks of the two different diameters we used.

Depending on what kind of device size you're used to, the Xperia Z3 + can feel quite compact, with its angular design and thin profile lending to an awkward handling experience.