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To: Simon Green
That's some far-away pixels.

For extra credit, calculate the diameter of the mirror needed on an Earth-based telescope in order to generate that level of resolution.

3 posted on 01/02/2019 1:27:49 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

Can we cheat and use an array?


5 posted on 01/02/2019 1:28:27 PM PST by z3n
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To: Steely Tom; z3n
20170808-MU69-Chart

Actually we got a pretty good image of Ultima's shadow in 2017 when it eclipsed a star using an array of telescopes many miles apart.

112 posted on 01/02/2019 6:22:33 PM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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