arcmin

British

/ ˈɑːkmɪn /

noun

1/ 60 of a degree of an angle

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The fainter star, Alcor, is about 12 arcmin from Mizar.

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If you blinked and saw something move about one arcmin across, how far away from you is it?

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For comparison, the diameter of the full moon is about 30 arcmin.

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