"Roger Hamlett" wrote in message
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"Michael Keating" wrote in message
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Even the Hubble, will 'just see stars as dots of light'. In fact there
have
only been a couple of observations made of the very closest stars, with
the
very largest scopes, that have any measurable angle at all. Even the

Here's a link to an image by the Hubble Space Telescope of the massive Red
Giant star Betelgeuse, which is relatively close, and one of the very few
stars that can be resolved to more than a pinpoint.

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1996/04/

As you can see, only with the most powerful telescopes and the closest, most
massive stars, direct imaging of stellar disks becomes a possibility.

Jeroen.