Super moon east of Chicago
09-10-2014, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by brianb
Just out of curiosity, can you see the Apollo equipment from previous missions with a high powered telescope?
Based on the Earth-Moon distance, an object roughly 10 feet across would be less than 0.002 arc sec when viewed from Earth. Then again, it depends on what your definition of "high power" is.
09-13-2014, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CRM114
Using the rough math (that I can remember) I'm gonna say, no.
Based on the Earth-Moon distance, an object roughly 10 feet across would be less than 0.002 arc sec when viewed from Earth. Then again, it depends on what your definition of "high power" is.
Based on the Earth-Moon distance, an object roughly 10 feet across would be less than 0.002 arc sec when viewed from Earth. Then again, it depends on what your definition of "high power" is.
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