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0.5 arcminutes really puts this into perspective — for reference the orion nebula spans about 1 degree
by Mossly 3y ago
0.5 arcminutes really puts this into perspective — for reference the orion nebula spans about 1 degree
- p1mrx 3y agofor further reference 0.5 arcminutes ≈ 0.01 degrees
- adzm 3y agofor further reference this is about half the width of your finger at arms length held up against the sky
- jcims 3y agoYou’re thinking of degrees. Half an arcminute is 1/120th of a degree and is roughly the diameter of Jupiter in the night sky. There are about half a billion patches of night sky that are half an arcminute on each side. It’s also about the size of a softball from a kilometer away.
- adzm 3y agoOops, you are right, which makes this even more impressive!