Adaptive optics with MAD
These two images both show the Galactic Centre, but the clarity of the image on the right is vastly improved. It was produced with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD), an instrument installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope that is designed to compensate for the blurring effect of the atmosphere. It works by performing real-time corrections to the atmospheric turbulence by means of computer-controlled deformable mirrors.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | elt-res-comp-slide5 |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 24 September 2018, 14:26 |
Size: | 3343 x 2027 px |
About the Object
Name: | Milky Way Galactic Centre |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Galaxies |