Sentence examples for the fainter from inspiring English sources

A sharp dip occurs every 2.9 days when the fainter component star eclipses the brighter one, a shallower dip when the brighter star eclipses the fainter one.

Take the fainter track on the far right, which begins to climb uphill.Things can get muddy at this point.

The bigger the lens, the more light it can capture, and the fainter the objects you can see.

The larger the telescope, the greater its collecting area, and the fainter the objects it can detect.

The Chandra image of Abell 2142 is displayed, and the pixel range changed to highlight the fainter emission.

Generally, the larger the telescope the fainter the objects you can see, and the more expensive it becomes.

The bigger a telescope mirror is, the more light it can capture and the fainter and farther it can see — out in space, back in time.

The leader is brilliant Venus, and at the start of the month the fainter planets Mars and Saturn lie to its upper left.

Set in the middle of the Big Dipper's handle, Mizar (from Arabic: "Veil" or "Cloak") makes a visual double with the fainter Alcor (from Arabic: "Faint One").

As long as we can be sure that the bulb remains at 60 watts, we know that the fainter it appears, the farther away it must be.

If the weather plays ball, observers will experience a dark sky late in the evening after the waxing crescent Moon sets below the horizon – making it easier to witness the fainter streaks.