New Technology Brings Space Telescope Image Quality Down to Earth, Offering Astronomical Image Clarity Never Seen Before The next generation of adaptive optics has arrived at the Large Binocular ...
A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific ...
The UArizona-managed Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham is the only one of its kind, with two 27-foot mirrors mounted side by side. A powerful adaptive optics system compensates for blurring ...
The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph during assembly of the static optics at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Dr. Eduardo Bendek The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph during assembly of the ...
Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun's corona, revealing clearest images to date. (Nanowerk News) The Sun’s corona—the outermost layer of its ...
The Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory has captured stunning views of the sun using its new coronal adaptive optics system called Cona. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Schmidt ...
A new generation of extremely large telescopes requires fresh approaches to correct for the blurring effects caused by the Earth’s atmosphere, as Richard de Grijs, one of an international team of ...
Combining a new imaging instrument with the powerful adaptive optics capabilities of the Large Binocular Telescope, astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution ...
Foreword / Robert Q Fugate -- Preface -- Introduction -- List of acronyms -- 1: Sputnik, reality, and technology -- 2: Early days: the Romans -- 3: Rome and Itek: first adaptive optics systems -- 4: ...