Adaptive Optics with Gemini
Adaptive Optics - Straightening Out Bent Starlight Whenever starlight passes through our atmosphere, it's distorted by turbulence - similar to what we feel when traveling in an airplane. We've all seen the effects of this turbulence on stars, it's called twinkling. Because twinkling blurs images made through a telescope, scientists go to great lengths (and heights) to reduce its effects. One of ...
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