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[QUOTE="sophiecentaur, post: 6803417, member: 199289"] I [I]keep[/I] muttering "signal to noise ratio" to myself. No chance of estimating that until the geometry of a 'real case' has been worked out but masking a star reliably would require a much oversized disc. It may be worth bearing in mind the problems of detecting exoplanets (impossible until thirty years ago), compared with spotting very high magnitude stars against a dark background. This is why I like the idea of a mirror. [/QUOTE]
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