A nice NPR piece on Keck AO today. A decent discussion of the history and advantages of adaptive optics.
For Sharpest Views, Scope The Sky With Quick-Change Mirrors
It used to be that if astronomers wanted to get rid of the blurring effects of the atmosphere, they had to put their telescopes in space. But a technology called adaptive optics has changed all that.
Always a good thing when a system I put so much of my life into receives some good press!
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