6 example sentences using arcsecond.
Arcsecond used in a sentence
Arcsecond in a sentence as a noun
The files for a 1/3 arcsecond square in ArcGIS format were zipped up and came to ~320 Mb.
The more bits per square arcsecond, the smaller the barcode has to be, which is always better.
Even a big, well studied object like Pluto could easily be an arcsecond or two away from where it was "supposed" to be.
The files were elevation data for 1/3 arcsecond or 1 arcsecond squares and were available in a float format and/or ArcGIS.
Not to mention that an unmapped interstellar gas cloud, or an undetectable asteroid, is all it takes to deflect the projectile a few millionths of an arcsecond and make it miss its target.
Seeing would still be a considerable factor; getting 1 arcsecond resolution on Earth is not easy.-No clouds-Ability to focus on the same object for an extended exposure-Infrared-Can look north and southThere are a lot of advantages to this, even with their aperture size.
Arcsecond definitions
a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"
See also: second