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Kor3nse t1_itenibk wrote

Not to be a smart ass, but I cant help but wonder just how clear a picture taken of a spot on earth would be (and what magnification level) with this camera.

Iā€™m kinda imagining this as essentially a space-based microscope šŸ˜‚

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Miss_Speller t1_itf011y wrote

It's not space-based - it's going into an observatory in northern Chile.

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orangutanDOTorg t1_itgv2s4 wrote

We just need a big flying mirror and core can still get their pictures

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Kor3nse t1_ities5t wrote

Lol I absolutely didnt read the article so that makes sense

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Miss_Speller t1_itiqwig wrote

It's a tradition as old as reddit itself! And with all the excitement about JWST it's easy to forget that ground-based telescopes are still a thing.

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