Practice problem

Interferometry

Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way, has an apparent angular size of about 10 microarcseconds as seen from Earth. If we wanted to resolve it with an interferometer working at a frequency of 300 GHz, at least how far apart would the stations need to be?

Give your answer in kilometers.

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