Two identical stars are moving in a circular orbit around one another with an orbital separation of 2 AU. The system lies 200 light-years from Earth. If we happen to view the orbit head-on, how large a telescope would we need to resolve the stars, assuming diffraction-limited optics at a wavelength of 2 µm?
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