The technology behind adaptive optics was originally developed by the defence industry for propagating laser beams into space, but has since become an essential technology in astronomy.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Publications of the Astronomical Society... ABSTRACT The effects of anisoplanatism on the adaptive optics point‐spread function are investigated. A ...

These distortions can occur when light from an astronomical object passes through the Earth’s atmosphere, for example. Adaptive optics (AO) corrects eye aberrations for sharp imaging ...

Deformable Mirrors (DMs) are key components in Adaptive Optics (AO) systems employed in astronomy and laser communications to compensate for shape errors in optical elements and optical atmospheric ...

and we can try deploying these devices on the telescope with a good adaptive optics system,” said Kevin Bundy, one of the study researchers. Beyond astronomy, the researchers anticipate ...

A four-layer decomposition for each season is provided for adaptive optics simulations. For high angular astronomy, a telescope at Dome C needs to be elevated over this surface layer, or a specific ...

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA ... coronagraphy and adaptive optics, for the first time. Astronomers employ coronagraphs to block out bright objects with dedicated masks to make ...

Northwestern University is officially a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based ...

This comprehensive Encyclopedia covers the full history of astronomy from its ancient origins in Africa ... from the history of spectroscopy to adaptive optics. The last part of the Encyclopedia is ...