First, it would take an awfully long time to send a probe out there. And to make a long story short, it would require a lot more spacefaring capability than we have at the moment -- heavier spacecraft to transmit over that distance, propulsion systems with greater exhaust velocity, advanced autonomy and possibly self-repair, etc.
And second, it would be very hard to make out any details. From 1 parsec, the Sun would be magnitude -0.15, and would be one of the brightest stars in the sky, but the planets would be much dimmer and very close. The Earth is mag +22 at 1" max separation, and Jupiter is mag +20 at 5" max separation. So the spacecraft would have to send out an eclipser to make the planets visible.
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