... What is the distance D to the horizon? ... Your line of sight to the horizon is a tangent to the Earth--a line which touches the sphere of the Earth at just one point, marked B in the drawing here. ... D = SQRT(2Rh) . ... SQRT(2Rh) = (SQRT(2R))(SQRT(h)) . ... Using R = 6371 km, SQRT(2R) = 112.88, giving . ... From the top of Mauna Kea on Hawaii, an extinct volcano about 4 km high (also the site of important astronomical observatories), the horizon should be about twice as distant, 226 km. ...
... The Round Earth . 8a. The Horizon . ... 9a. Earth orbits Sun? . ... What is the distance D to the horizon? ... Your line of sight to the horizon is a tangent to the Earth--a line which touches the sphere of the Earth at just one point, marked B in the drawing here. ... From the top of Mauna Kea on Hawaii, an extinct volcano about 4 km high (also the site of important astronomical observatories), the horizon should be about twice as distant, 226 km. ... One more: Distance to the horizon on Mars . ...
... In 1930, Trumpler noticed that linear diameters (LD) of open clusters increase with distance (D) from the Sun. ... Since that time, the interstellar absorption has become one of the best studied factor in astrophysics, and we may hope that current OCL distance scales are free from this LD-D correlation. To verify if this is the case we have chosen several modern OCL distance scales and test them with the same clusters and the same angular diameters that Trumpler had used back in 1930. ...
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... Stromlo Reconstruction . ... burn-off, eastern slope of Stromlo with lightтАж . ... Title: burn-off, eastern slope of Stromlo with lights of Canberra in distance, Oct 2004 . ...
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... In this paper we present the results of detailed B, V, R, I, and H study of the isolated nearby blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy NGC6789. Judging from the literature the observed galaxy has not been resolved into stars up to now. ... The distance of the galaxy, estimated from the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is 2.1 Mpc which places NGC6789 close to the Local Group. ... Key words: nearby galaxies: dwarf galaxies (NGC 6789): distance moduli: star content . ... Distance. ...
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... The absolute magnitude of the RCBs in the LMC and the small number of Galactic RCBs implies that they are very rare stars. Together with statistics for related stars, the total number of hydrogen-deficient stars in the Galaxy is estimated to be about 1000. Whilst the luminosity of RCBs is similar to that of other low-mass stars as they evolve rapidly from the asymptotic RED GIANT branch to become WHITE DWARFS , their frequency is much lower. ...
Compilation of distance measurements . HyperLeda home | Documentation | Search by name | Search near a position | ... SQL Search | Search an object in the distance catalogue . This catalog (table a007 in the database) presents the compilation of published distance mesurements using photometric distance indicators. Photometric modulus. Error of modulus measurement. The method used to determine the distance is coded for each measurement as follow: . HyperLeda . ...
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. Distance Conversion Calculator . by Matt Oltersdorf 2000 04 02 2225 UTC . Type the known value into the appropriate units field, click the . calculate button and the program will show all values for . related unit properties. Kilometers . Meters . mm . Inches . Feet . Yards . Miles . Astronomical Units (A.U.) . Light Year (LY) . Parsec (pc) . Kilometers . Miles .
... Asteroids in the Distance . ... Credit Copyright: R. Evans K. Stapelfeldt ( JPL ), WFPC2 , HST , NASA Explanation: Rocks from space hit Earth every day. ... Many kilograms of space dust pitter to Earth daily. ... In 2002 June , the small 100-meter asteroid 2002 MN was discovered only after it whizzed by the Earth, passing well within the orbit of the Moon. ... Publications with keywords: asteroid - distance . Publications with words: asteroid - distance . ... Asteroid 2005 YU55 Passes the Earth . ...
The accurange 3000 distomat was borrowed to evaluate it as a replacement for our current distomats. ... accurange 3000 users manual (.pdf) . ... 28apr11: distance measurements for different sample averages . ... On 28apr11 distance measurements were made with the accurange 3000 distomat. ... Page 1: accurange 3000 distance vs time for 4 sample averages. ... Page 5: accurange 3000 temperate during measurements. the temperature measured for each measurent is plotted. there is no obvious dependencies. ...