Posted on 08/30/2020 1:59:23 PM PDT by MtnClimber
“So roughly 50 light years wide for the image at a distance of 8000 light years.”
Picture a right triangle that’s 50 units on one side and 8000 on the other.
That’s 22 seconds of arc for the “width” of the picture. Did I do that correctly?
For comparison the moon is about 1800 seconds of arc (1/2 degree).
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