okay so if the event horizon telescope is earth-sized
what if we built one solar system sized
stuck radio telescopes out in the oort cloud
what if we built one solar system sized
stuck radio telescopes out in the oort cloud
@izaya I've thought about this too. I don't see a reason why not except that positioning seems like it'd be a wickedly hard problem. think about how long it took to align all the jwst optics, and they had rigid structure to rely on.
@2ck I figure if you have atomic clocks and active radar responder ranging you could probably calculate the correct transforms on the data, it's not like the existing EHT was designed to be a specific shape, it's just a network of a whole bunch of telescopes in different places
but it would be a very involved job for sure
but it would be a very involved job for sure
@2ck Oooh, you might be able to use pulsars for timing or something neat like that
