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Quick easy questionFormula for angular diameter?

  1. Feb 25, 2007 #1

    Soylentgreen

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    i am looking for the equation for angular diameter in relation to an objects distance and diameter.
    i need it expressed in arc seconds, not radians.

    anyone know it?
     
    Soylentgreen, Feb 25, 2007
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  3. Feb 25, 2007 #2

    cesiumfrog

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    Can you draw a picture and do some trig?
     
    cesiumfrog, Feb 25, 2007
  4. Feb 25, 2007 #3

    russ_watters

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    An arcmin is 1/60th of a degree and an arcesc is 1/60th of an arcmin. Can you draw a picture now...?
     
    russ_watters, Feb 25, 2007
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