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by JumpCrisscross 11 days ago
> if you were floating in a spacesuit at the same spot you'd also see that resolution (likely highly distorted) with the naked eye

…would you? The lensing would occur right at the apparent surface of the sun.

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You would still need the sun shield in place obv.
I'm genuinely curious for someone less lazy than I to do the trigonometry. My gut feeling is these would be tiny apparitions on the edge of the disc. Not visible to the naked eye, even with a shield.