Anonymous-USA t1_j65hduw wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Reply to comment by John-the-cool-guy in If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen

This was my thinking too… that telescope could point at and observe so many other planets and stars and the data (39 ly away) would be worth the wait. It would need to be automated to imo observe each body — including it’s sun — for at least an earth year. Also, I’d not make it a telescope but a full spectrum receiver (not just visible light).

It would be fantastic some day to create near light speed small automated probes that could reach Trappist 1 and observe all the bodies there, in orbit, endlessly sending back data to earth.