Sentences with phrase «position of the distant star»

This maximized the sensitivity of the technique, allowing it to measure the minuscule shift in the apparent position of the distant star - forming region.

From Earth, light from a distant star passing near the sun would be bent in such a way as to alter the apparent position of the distant star.

Not exact matches

Now astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute have observed a distant star in the constellation Andromeda with a different positioning of sunspots and this indicates a magnetic field that is driven by completely different internal dynamics.

Moreover, five of the 11 most distant stars in our galaxy have positions and velocities that match what you would expect of stars stripped from the Sagittarius dwarf.

That deflection would shift the apparent position of the source of the light (say, a distant star).

KeckWatch has been built using the engine of the popular award - winning astronomy app Distant Suns, and provides users with a handheld - planetarium, allowing them to turn their phone in any direction to see the stars and planets in their current positions, day or night.

This definition has practical application when talking about the progression of time, the apparent positions of stars and other distant celestial bodies, and trajectories of interplanetary probes.