Using the Sun's gravity to create an enormous space telescope

Videos from PBS Space Time's Dr. Matt O'Dowd appear on my Youtube feed a lot.  This one was really kinda cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d0EGIt1SPc


I'd mentioned those "Dali-esque" gravitational lensed galaxies before in a blog post on the JWST:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/07/jwst-on-pbs-program-nova.html

But it never occurred to me that this phenomenon could be used with the largest mass in our region (the Sun) to create a big big space telescope.

I am glad that there are a lot of smart folks in the world to dream this kinda stuff up :)

As a ham I have to wonder if gravitational lensing could also be used for radio/TV ?  Probably it can but the longer wavelengths would make it even more impractical ?

But it would be really cool to listen to alien radio :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm