2021-10-17 天文单位 | Arcsecond （四）

Arcsecond 角秒

An arcsecond(denoted by the symbol “) is an  anglular measurement equal to 1/3600 of a  degree or 1/60 of an arcminute.  There are also 206,264.5” in a radian,  so that 1” = 4.848 ×10-6 radians.

For observations from the Earth’s surface, turbulence in the Earth’s  atmosphere causes point sources (such as stars) to be smeared  out and twinkle.  This is known as seeing.    Under the best atmospheric  conditions, point sources will be smeared out to an angular diameter of about 0.5”.

The trigonometric parallax of an object at a distance of 1 parsec is 1”, however, there are no known stars beyond the Solar System with parallaxes greater than 1”.    The nearest star to the Sun, Alpha Centauri  (actually a triple star system), is about 1.3 parsec away with a  parallax of 0.75”.

A milliarcsecond is 10-3 arcseconds.

A microarcsecond (μas) is 10-6 arcseconds.

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