Sentences with phrase «between planetary nebulae»
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.
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«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.»
Not exact matches
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.
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.