Instrumentation: Adaptive Optics

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2913. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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Turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere produces inhomogeneities in the refractive index of the air, which affect the image quality of ground-based telescopes (see SEEING). ADAPTIVE OPTICS (AO) is a means for the real-time compensation of image degradation. It consists of using an active optical element such as a deformable mirror to correct the instantaneous wave-front distortions. These are measur...

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