Sentences with phrase «faint smudge»
The phrase "faint smudge" means a very light mark or spot, usually not clearly visible. Full definition
Nearly four centuries have passed since Galileo peered through the earliest of telescopes to glimpse faint smudges next to Saturn — the first clues that the planet had rings.
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A few pioneers like the Shoemakers began to catalog the faint smudges on the glass plates they used to photograph the night sky.
A dark galaxy would defocus light, creating a faint smudge that future telescopes may be able to spot.
They found 47 faint smudges: galaxies that could be at least as large as the Milky Way, but which contain so few stars that they glow as dimly as dwarf galaxies.
«It's extremely bright, and it's probably larger than the Slug Nebula, but there's nothing else visible except the faint smudge of a galaxy.
Even though it is 60,000 light years across, It is so far away that it appears as only a faint smudge.
Only a faint smudge is visible.
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is one of only a few galaxies that are visible from Earth with the unaided eye, and is seen as a faint smudge in the constellation Andromeda.
The moon Miranda is to the upper left of Uranus, and the moon Puck is a faint smudge to the upper right.
When I scanned the area with my 7 x 50 I immediately detected NGC 253 as a faint smudge of light.
Scanning the area around Zeta Tauri should reveal a tiny, faint smudge.