Sensor range is hard capped at 15 parsecs, so...no.
As far as the Galactic Guide Book goes, it's really useless either way. It costs enough to build that by the time you get enough survey ships out the door to break even on it, you're losing a fair portion of the colony rush, and even if it worked properly and reduced the survey module to 0 size, this wouldn't really affect anything as it's fairly small to begin with; really the only difference is -maybe- an extra engine on a tiny or small hull.
