Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD)
Adaptive optics is a technique that uses one reference star to correct the blurring effect of the turbulence, restoring the sharpness of the images over a tiny patch around that star. With Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics, several stars are used (3 in the case of MAD) to compensate for the turbulence over a much larger field of view. MAD is the first instrument that achieved this goal. It has been installed on MELIPAL (UT3) for several missions over 2007 and 2008.
Credit:
ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | mad-7910 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:21 |
| Size: | 4311 x 2874 px |
About the Object
| Name: | MAD |
| Type: | • Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument • X - Paranal |
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