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I hadn't realized it was now at the level of routine. The article indicates "So far, astronomers have directly-imaged more than a dozen exoplanets." 20 AU...so

I hadn't realized it was now at the level of routine. The article indicates "So far, astronomers have directly-imaged more than a dozen exoplanets." 20 AU...so like Neptune distance. This is the kind of image that makes me want to fund super space telescope(s). Getting two space telescopes to work in conjunction like the Keks would be awesome for the resolving power.

hliyan 8y ago
Precisely. Just imagine what we could accomplish with two JamesWebb-sized telescopes on opposite sides of Earth orbit!
bewo001 8y ago
There was also this concept of a telescope beyond the Pluto orbit using the sun as gravitational lens..