It corresponds to a pixel scale of 0.6 arcseconds per pixel, down-sampled from the original pixel scale of 0.34 arcseconds per pixel.
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Degrees are divided into minutes (sixtieths of a degree) and seconds (sixtieths of a minute) of arc, so that there are 3, 600 seconds of arc, or arcseconds, in one degree.