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Why can you not see the white dwarfs responsible for the microlensing effect?

April 26, 2017dwarfs microlensing responsible white

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Why can you not see the white dwarfs responsible for the microlensing effect?

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It may be possible to observe directly one of the objects responsible for the microlensing events, but they are likely to be extremely distant from the Earth and therefore far too faint to be detected.