Comment on What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth?
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 4 months agoI did some napkin math and came to about 3.5 miles of field of view of pointed at the earth.
Comment on What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth?
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 4 months agoI did some napkin math and came to about 3.5 miles of field of view of pointed at the earth.
Cort@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hubble is old enough that it only has a 1MP camera, so roughly 720p or 1280x720 pixels , so each pixel would represent about 15 feet if you’re generous. A back yard swimming pool would be like 4 pixels, 9 if your parents are rich.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This is a much better way of looking at it! Thanks!