is it possible to see the american flag on the moon from the earth ?

Question

is it possible to see the american flag (the rover, and other things)on the moon from the earth with a telescopy ?

with what kind of telescopy ?
is it possible to aim hubble towards the moon and take a pic ?

does anyone have a photo/pic of the moon where is possible to see the rover on the moon ?

I mean a pic/photo taken from the EARTH

thanks

instead to take a photo from the earth,

the hubble telescopy is powerful enough to "see" the rover on the moon ?

thanks to cold war, the russians are the proof that men went onto the moon.

Otherwise russian government could say that it was not true and so they could go to the moon for first. But they accepted they fail so is it true

the wind came from the engine of the veichle while it was taking off, the wind hit the flag

Answer 1

Not with our current technology. The stuff we left on the moon is just too small.

Tobe seen from earth it would have to be "football stadium" large.

Answer 2

The American flag that Armstrong planted is too small to see this way, as is the remaining stage of the Lunar Module. An optical device has a limit of resolution of 1/2 the wavelength of light. What this means, in practical terms, is that things can not be resolved by a telescope that are too small or too far. If you have used a microscope, you'll notice that the greatest magnification is about 400 times, which is also true for telescopes. To see things smaller, you have to switch to shorter wavelengths than light (like x-rays), or use tricks like confocal scanning laser for microscopy. Google Earth (or better spy satellites) might see small things on earth, but they are only about a hundred miles up, not a quarter of a million miles away like the moon.

Answer 3

No telescope, not even the Hubble Space Telescope, can see something as small as the flags left on the Moon by the Apollo Astronauts.

The smallest detail that the Hubble Space Telescope can resolve is about 300 feet wide at the distance of the Moon. This is easily calculated from the size of the Hubble mirror (94 inches), Dawes' limit (4.56/D), the distance to the Moon (240,000 miles) and some trigonometry.

Answer 4

No, it is not possible. The flag and rovers are too far away and too small to be seen with the most powerful land based telescope. You can aim any camera towards the moon and take a photograph. I do that all the time.

Answer 5

No. At the distance of the moon, the smallest thing that can be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope is about the size of a football field.

Answer 6

Well..there is debate that Neil Armstrong did not plant a flag there, but in fact acted the scene out.
One strongest evidence i rmb was the fact tt the footage showed the American flag flying with wind, when there couldnt be wind on the Moon.

Answer 7

I doubt it...or we would have seen it by now....the best an earthbound telescope could do is resolve something several yards in diameter.

Answer 8

I don't believe so but that would be cool

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

no...