Can telescopes capture images of planets in galaxies millions of light years away?

quantumclaustrophobe2020-04-13T21:30:11Z

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Not yet... The furthest exoplanet *detected* - (not necessarily imaged) is about 2,500 light years away... detecting planets in other galaxies is beyond our capability at the moment. 

Clive2020-04-14T15:40:02Z

Don't be silly. That's far too distant.

Jeffrey K2020-04-14T01:39:53Z

No. Telescopes can't even see planets of nearby stars. We can only see planets in our solar system. 

Acetek2020-04-13T23:28:18Z

No and it is very difficult to spot a planet around a star that is nere  us

daniel g2020-04-13T23:21:09Z

Something like HST can. My big scope can see some of the most distant galaxies, just a faint fuzzy speck mind you. As for exo-planets, no, but logging a host star intensity, I can spot the dip with an eclipse.
Scope is a 300MM X f2000 RC concept.

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