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by LeonardRenner
Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:47 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Seeing the nearest stars
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Seeing the nearest stars

Assuming it was scientifically possible to combine the capabilities of some of our most advanced instruments, say SOHO and Hubble, how large would the lens or mirror of a telescope need to be so that we could see Proxima Centauri, or preferably the nearest Sun-like star Alpha Centauri A, at the same...