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Originally Posted by RickS
And there are astronomers doing science with a tiny Dragonfly array that can't be done on 50-100 meter scopes. I'm saying it's not as simple as big aperture good, small aperture bad. Try to keep up, Peter 
Small scope + big pixels = motorbike?  |
I’m well aware of the Dragonfly array (they use SBIG cameras after all
) but the system’s magnitude limit has been slowly increased by effectively *increasing its aperture* (by adding additional lenses to the array) while keeping its f-ratio constant.
Also, while it is great at detecting very dim very extended flux sources, it also has very ordinary resolution. Sadly, no free lunch.