The Pinwheel galaxy (Messier 101), as photon-collected from my driveway #astrophotography
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 00:37:51 JST Thomas 🔭✨ -
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 00:45:25 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @Revertron you mean to see any detail, like a star as actual disk or planets?
With amateur instruments the answer is no, it’s physically impossible due to the size of telescope required plus Earth’s atmosphere.
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⚛️Revertron :straight: (revertron@zhub.link)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 00:45:26 JST ⚛️Revertron :straight: @thomasfuchs I wonder, is it possible to concentrate on some near star system , like Proxima Centaurus, to collect as many photons about that system?
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:27:11 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @Revertron I mean if you’re talking like two pixels across it’s just barely within reach of some professional space telescopes and planned Earth-based observatories https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21176-6.pdf
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⚛️Revertron :straight: (revertron@zhub.link)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 01:27:12 JST ⚛️Revertron :straight: @thomasfuchs No, I meant in general, with Webb, for example.
Is it possible to see planets of Proxima?
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