Timeline for What is the farthest planetary body or star system object we have observed using visual light?
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| Jun 10, 2016 at 4:30 | comment | added | John Rennie | @JanDvorak: see the Wikipedia article. The bottom line is that no-one knows. | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 17:00 | comment | added | John Dvorak | @JohnRennie what's this disc occluding the star? | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 11:49 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | @RobJeffries Ha, I thought it looked like too many pixels ;) | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 10:02 | comment | added | ProfRob | But this is an interferometric reconstruction in infrared. Surely not a "direct visual image". | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 8:37 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | Hm, I wonder if this was an optical interferometry image (LBT, Keck or VLT maybe?). That looks like impressive detail given the distance, size and available single-mirror equipment. | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 8:32 | comment | added | John Rennie | Cool video showing actual pictures of the star. | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 8:29 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | I was a bit surprised to find that $\epsilon$-Aurigae is basically at the theoretical limit for modern equipment! | |
| Jun 9, 2016 at 8:22 | vote | accept | user1062760 | ||
| Jun 9, 2016 at 8:21 | vote | accept | user1062760 | ||
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| Jun 9, 2016 at 5:13 | history | answered | John Rennie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |