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Is the angular diameter of the stars in this picture still tiny, or are scientists actually resolving discs now?
by anjc 10y ago
Is the angular diameter of the stars in this picture still tiny, or are scientists actually resolving discs now?
- jloughry 10y agoStill blurry, but astronomers have resolved the surface of a few stars: Example: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap981011.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap981011.html List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_resolved_images https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_resolved_im...
- anjc 10y agoThat's very cool. Thanks
- yread 10y agoWe can measure the diameter of Proxima Centauri directly, wiki says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri