I recently found this reel on instagram that we have captured a little image/video of the sun.
Given how far the earth is to the moon, could it be possible for us to see the flag on the surface on the moon then if man actually landed on the moon?
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My brother or sister in christ. We have satellites that can read the headline off of a newspaper you are reading. And we had that shit almost 20 years ago.
>if man actually landed on the moon.
Is this a point of contention for you?
Pretty convenient that there’s no proof and we “lost the technology”. I doubt anyone has ever been to the moon. Prove me wrong
No. Ironically, the Moon’s too close. Evening you pointed Hubble or JWST at the Apollo 11 landing site and it was at the right angle to see the flag, all you’d get is a giant blur.
Telescopes aren’t exactly like binoculars, they really aren’t designed to magnify. Telescopes are designed with large mirrors to collect as much light as possible. They have a small amount of magnification, but for the most part they don’t have any more that a cheap pair of Astronomy Binoculars.
So, in other words, telescopes aren’t designed to be able to see the flag on the moon, they’re designed to collect as much light as possible to make extremely distant and dim objects more visible.
For the ELI5. No. Because we can’t focus our big telescopes that close. It’s like holding a book really really close to your eyes. Your eyes can see things far away just fine but not right up on your nose. The powerful space telescopes are made to see far away not is close.
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The fact that everybody here is straining real hard to come up with the most convoluted answers, should tell you what you need to know.
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