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Bringing the Visible Universe into Focus with Robo-AO

Article DOI: 10.3791/50021 • 10:35 min • February 12th, 2013
February 12th, 2013 •
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1Caltech Optical Observatories, California Institute of Technology, 2Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 3Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 4Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, 5Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, 6Benoziyo Center for Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science

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Light from astronomical objects must travel through the earth's turbulent atmosphere before it can be imaged by ground-based telescopes. To enable direct imaging at maximum theoretical angular resolution, advanced techniques such as those employed by the Robo-AO adaptive-optics system must be used.

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Robo-AO Ground-based Optical Telescopes Angular Resolution Turbulent Atmosphere Diffraction Wavelength Primary Mirror's Aperture Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Refraction Inhomogeneous Atmosphere Light Waves Fragmented Images Long-exposure Images Adaptive-optics Systems Wavefront Sensor Deformable Mirror
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