💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Visual binary"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| binary systemnoun | (mathematics, computing) A numeric system with a base of 2, using only the numerals 0 and 1. |
| double starnoun | (astronomy) Two stars that appear to be one when seen with the naked eye, either because they orbit one another (binary stars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance (optical binaries). |
| optical doublenoun | (astronomy) A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other. |
| starscapenoun | (astronomy) A picture or view of a field of stars. |
| limbnoun | A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). |
| uranometrynoun | (astronomy, uncountable) The measurement of the constellations. |
| field of viewnoun | (optics) The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera. |
| fixed starnoun | (astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth. |
| virtual imagenoun | (optics) The image formed by light rays diverging from a convex mirror or concave lens |
| astrophotometrynoun | The determination of the brightness of stars and other heavenly bodies. |
| starnoun | Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense. |
| limb-brighteningnoun | Alternative form of limb brightening. [(physics, astronomy) The optical effect where, when certain wavelengths (not in the spectrum of visible light) are examined, the edge of the disk of a star appears brighter than the center of the disk.] |
| star systemnoun | (astronomy) A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another. |
| t tauri starnoun | (astronomy) Any of a class of young visible stars having optical variability; they are often surrounded by a protoplanetary disc. |
| astrophotonoun | (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography. |
| stereographnoun | A pair of stereoscopic images that give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or similar device. |
| horopternoun | For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image. |
| stardriftnoun | (astronomy) The apparent shared motion of stars in the same cluster. |
| evening starnoun | (astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening. |
| virtual focusnoun | (optics) A point from which light or other radiation apparently emanates, such as in the virtual image produced by a plane mirror. |
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