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197 points amichail | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source

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NoMoreNicksLeft ◴[17 Oct 24 14:40 UTC] No.41870109[source]▶

> Light coming from an exoplanet would be gravitationally focused by the sun with a focal point in the region of about 550 AU to 850 AU,

Ouch. Does this mean we're limited to targets located in our plane of ecliptic? Also, we have to have a good target picked out don't we? There's no way to point this at a more interested planet if the first is a bust.

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1. lazide ◴[17 Oct 24 17:14 UTC] No.41871544[source]▶

>>41870109 #

Ecliptic - technically no, practically yeah (time/energy wise to change planes will be higher).

Picking a good target is also a good idea for the same reason.

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