> The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km
Letters were 8 mm.
> To demonstrate the system’s capabilities, the team created a series of 8-mm-wide targets, each made from a reflective material and imprinted with a letter.
intensity interferometer means it interferometers intensity of light.
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1.36 km = 0.85 miles
1mm at 1.36 km works out to about 150 milliarcsec (mas), if you're used to those units from astronomy contexts.