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> At 110 light-years distance you would need a telescope ~450 kilometers across to image this planet at 100x100 pixel resolution--about the size of a small icon
by throw0101c 1y ago
> At 110 light-years distance you would need a telescope ~450 kilometers across to image this planet at 100x100 pixel resolution--about the size of a small icon.
Or use two (or more) telescopes that are 450km apart:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_synthesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_synthesis
* https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7852 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7852