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Second
(redirected from Second of arc)

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Second
1. See: Second mortgage.

2. See: Second round.


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Gleason demanded a rotary index table accuracy of [+ or -]1 second of arc, one-third of the Toyoda FH100's large horizontal's already impressive [+ or -]3 seconds.
ESO astronomers expect to be able to point the telescope with an accuracy of 1 second of arc, which they say is "a figure unsurpassed by any other existing telescope of this size.
1 second of arc, and after a great deal of work, its images can be coaligned and made to coincide as well as astronomers would like.
 
 
 
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