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Old_comfy_shoes t1_iqtj74l wrote

Reply to comment by nixiebunny in If objects in space are far away, does light get scattered enough that it would look “low resolution” by the time it reaches us? by hau2mk7pkmxmh3u

What is the theoretical limit, if we had any size perfect mirror?

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nixiebunny t1_iqtnebo wrote

There's not much of a theoretical limit to the resolution. If you can make a telescope the size of the galaxy, it would have quite high resolution. But where would you put it?

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soulsnoober t1_iqtt47z wrote

"Put" is not the problem so much as collecting the data in one place. EHT, for instance, is a telescope the size of planet Earth. The practical limit on its ability to inform our awareness of the universe is assembling what it can see.

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