When will we be able to image the Oort cloud?

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I find interesting a significant nearby astronomical object whose existence is only inferred.
 
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With a bit of luck, the infrared surveys in progress will find multiple 'plutoid' Kuiper Belt objects plus, possibly, a Brown Dwarf or two between us and Proxima Centauri, ie in further reaches of Oort cloud...
 

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