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Adaptive Optics Improve Images of the Sun
Image credit: NSO A new adaptive optics system is helping the National Solar Observatory take much more vivid images of the Sun. Earth-based telescopes are limited in resolution by atmospheric distortion, so there was no real point of building them larger than 1.5 metres across – bigger didn’t help. With the new NSO system; however, … Continue reading "Adaptive Optics Improve Images of the Sun"
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