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Adaptive optics with MAD
These two images both show the Galactic Centre, but the clarity of the image on the right is vastly improved. It was produced with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD), an instrument installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope that is designed to compensate for the blurring effect of the atmosphere. It works by performing real-time corrections to the atmospheric turbulence by means of computer-controlled deformable mirrors.
Credit:ESO
Over de afbeelding
Id: | elt-res-comp-slide5 |
Type: | Collage |
Publicatiedatum: | 24 september 2018 14:26 |
Grootte: | 3343 x 2027 px |
Over het object
Naam: | Milky Way Galactic Centre |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Categorie: | Galaxies |