Adaptive Optics

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4781. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A system that enables the optical surfaces of telescope mirrors to be continuously modified to compensate for distortions in incoming light waves as they pass through the Earth's atmosphere. Light waves from a distant source, such as a star, arrive at the top of the atmosphere as straight parallel wavefronts (rather like waves advancing across the surface of the ocean) but are then distorted by t...

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