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Old 13-04-2011, 01:27 AM
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Space based telescopes/ground based adaptive optics telescopes are able to resolve very limited detail on the largest closest stars.

Betelgeuse is over 1000x larger than our sun and relatively close at 643 light years. Next largest that close is Antares.

Heck, even Pluto we can't get surface detail from without using the apparent brightness as it's moon transits the surface.
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