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How about we reduce the argument to its absurd conclusion and apply some physics on top of the math?
Lots of luck collecting *any* photons down a 1mm aperture from a dim flux source...the shot noise will be woeful.
An aperture of 10 metres , or 10000mm *will* collect more photons. Yes there are moot points over pixel size...but without flux down the pipe, there is nothing to measure.
P.S. Infinite numbers of photons do not rain down from dim sources in the sky....bigger telescopes catch more over a finite period, which is hardly a surprise to those proposing the OWL.
Last edited by Peter Ward; 04-06-2019 at 10:50 PM.
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