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by pavel_lishin 5164 days ago
> I don't think images from hundreds of little cameras are going to be equal the image from the Hubble or its replacement, the Webb.

My expertise in this field extends to reading several Wikipedia pages and sci-fi novels, but:

1. Wouldn't that depend on what they're trying to look at? Can the Hubble even focus on anything closer than Jupiter?

2. Wouldn't they be able to use interferometry to effectively surpass any single-lens telescope?