Sentence examples for decrease in brightness from inspiring English sources

In this case, the guidance sensor measured a star's gradual decrease in brightness as Triton passed in front of it.

Limb darkening, in astrophysics, gradual decrease in brightness of the disk of the Sun or of another star as observed from its centre to its edge, or limb.

Even the long-known solar phenomenon of limb darkening, the gradual decrease in brightness from the centre to the edge of the Sun's disk, has been detected in the component stars of eclipsing binaries.

The proposed method fully replaces the method implemented in the PLG Sizing Tester, which estimated the time of a 50% decrease in brightness of a tested paper sample permeated by ink.

A point spread function (PSF), expressed by Equation (3), can be employed to approximate a small target13, 28, 29, which is basically a connected area with a decrease in brightness from the target center to its edge, as expressed by a Gaussian distribution (Supplementary Note 2 and Supplementary Fig. S1).

Only a few countries showed a decrease in brightness, such as Yemen and Syria - both experiencing warfare.

This object, called Eta Carinae, gradually decreased in brightness until it faded from view entirely some 40 years later.

Every 3.953 days the system temporarily decreases in brightness by 1.1 magnitudes as the brighter star is partially eclipsed by the dimmer companion.

Even a minor decrease in the brightness of the ice sheet can double the average yearly rate of ice loss, seen from 1992 to 2010.

On treating the sample with HF solution (40%%), particles of kaolinite and bassanite were extensively removed, showing a significant decrease in surface brightness (Fig. 13).

Observations of the star revealed a periodic decrease in its brightness.