Sentences with phrase «measured angular diameter»

[3] The measured angular diameter, after correction for limb darkening, is 7000231999999999999 ♠ 2.32 ± 0.02 mas.

Not exact matches

For in practice I can only assure myself that two angular measurements are equal by reference to the circle, the one plane curve of constant curvature, and I satisfy myself that my curve of reference is a circle by» ascertaining the equality of length of its diameters, and this is done by the rotation of the measuring - rod.

He set up his experiment to measure spin angular momentum of photons in high vacuum, with measurements based on the rotation of a two - inch diameter wave plate — a device that can alter the polarization state of light passing through it.

All of these groups are ones containing at least 3 galaxies with an angular diameter larger than 100 arcseconds - a measure which is obviously biased towards closer groups.

Thorough analysis of interferometric data was performed to measure the stellar angular diameter and to search for circumstellar material.