Leonard Erickson:
>Steve Higgenbotham seems to be confusing *resolution* and sensitivity.
>I can *detect* visible light source *millions* of parsecs away with a
>"sensor array" that's less than 10 *centimeters* across. But I can't
>*resolve* it very well (my 3.5" refractor can detect Andromeda and
>other galaxies quite well, but the detail *sucks*... :-)
>
>You need increased detector radius to increase *resolution*.
>Increasing radius with booms does *not* increase sensitivity *at all*.
And here I thought I was talking about resolution all this time.
Later...
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