If we in theory built a gigantic telescope placed outside the earths atmosphere, could we do the following?
Posted July 5th, 2010 by admin 4 Comments »
McDonald asked:
My question is, if we were to build a gigantic telescope that could show us incredible detail on planets, would we actually be seeing what’s happening on the planet in real-time, or would we still see what’s happened several minutes ago because of the fact that light has to travel down to us to see anything. Thats supposing we could view, or record live views through the telescope eyepiece.
My question is, if we were to build a gigantic telescope that could show us incredible detail on planets, would we actually be seeing what’s happening on the planet in real-time, or would we still see what’s happened several minutes ago because of the fact that light has to travel down to us to see anything. Thats supposing we could view, or record live views through the telescope eyepiece.
By the way, I know how expensive and difficult this would be, but if we in theory did make such a telescope, would we be viewing in real-time?