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arcmin

British  
/ ˈɑːkmɪn /

noun

  1. 1/ 60 of a degree of an angle

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The Boyden 1.52-m telescope is a 1.52-m Cassegrain reflector combined with an Apogee 1,152 × 770 pixel CCD imaging camera, providing a field of view of 3.7 arcmin × 2.5 arcmin.

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