I used the same calculations on nearby stars to fully appreciate why
we just can't see them as disks through telescopes, i roughly
estimated that seeing Sirius A as a disc roughly the size of the moon
would require x300,000 magnification (but i may have that wrong):

You'd need a top of the line Tasco to get that!

(ducks and runs)

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
And the Lunar Picture of the Day http://www.lpod.org/
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