Sentences with phrase «was visible to the naked eye for»

Scientists believe GRB 080319B would have been visible to the naked eye for about 40 seconds if anyone had been looking its way, toward the constellation Bootes.

Comet Hale - Bopp, which was visible to the naked eye for 18 months spanning 1996 and 1997, is a long orbital - period comet that won't be visible from Earth again for several thousand years.

For about two weeks the star could be seen in daylight, but at the end of November it began to fade and change color, from bright white over yellow and orange to faint reddish light, finally fading away from visibility in March, 1574, having been visible to the naked eye for almost 16 months (more about Brahe's «acid tongue and silver nose,» the cultural shock of the «new star,» and how supernovae create high - energy radiation from Wallace H. Tucker).

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But right now, the team is searching for masers in M33's much larger neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy, which is the most distant object visible to the naked eye.

SUPERNOVA 1987A, the first supernova for 400 years to be visible to the naked eye, confirmed many theories about how such a stellar explosion occurs.

Ultrasound technologies make visible what remains hidden from our naked eyes: Physicians study tissue changes in our bodies with the aid of sonography; submarines equipped use sonar systems to get their bearings in the darkness of the deep sea; and for materials and components testing, ultrasound provides a non-destructive alternative to costly technologies that are not real - time capable.

Combining genetic material can of course bring beneficial new combinations, but even for tiny organisms that are barely visible to the naked eye, mating is fraught with all kinds of hazards, such as a long wait for offspring, sexually transmitted diseases, and the risk of getting eaten during or after sex.

Scientists have known for more than a century that a green alga (Oophila amblystomatis) grows in the egg cases of the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)-- the strange pairing is visible to the naked eye in the green hue of salamanders» eggs.

Kepler's ability to look at the changing brightness of stars was exploited for the Pleiades, a well - known cluster of stars that is only 400 light - years away and visible to the naked eye.

Possibly known to some observers as Lucida (or «luz» for the brightest star in any particular constellation) although it is slightly dimmer than Alpha Hydri, Beta Hydri is clearly visible with the naked eye as the nearest conspicuous star to the South Pole, about 12 degrees distant.

Many of these stars will be the stars visible to the naked eye in the night sky, with only the brightest stars in the sky — such as Sirius, Rigel and Vega — being missed out because they are too bright for TESS» optics.

Despite being 25,000 ly away, the Pistol Star would be visible to the naked eye on Earth as a modest 4th magnitude object, if not for intervening dust being it and Sol.

The «fab five» will be visible to the naked eye 45 minutes before sunrise every morning for the next month.

Invest in an air purifier for your home to filter out air pollutants that may not be visible to the naked eye.

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Mitaban Dip is used in dogs for the treatment of generalized demodicosis (mange), a skin disease caused by a small mite not visible to the naked eye.

Ear mites are barely visible to the naked eye; however, here are some symptoms to look for:

Although the rolling animation will not be visible to the naked eye — thanks to the mysteries of animation — the sets come with instructions for how to film it for best effect.

«Unsellable homes have been sitting, which allows for deferred maintenance and vandalism that aren't visible to naked eye on quick inspection,» says Corbett.