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Adaptive optics May Boost Ground Telescopes Beyond Hubble
Washington AP reports a new adaptive optics telescope approach could let ground observatories view stars as clearly as a perfect Hubble in visible light at lower cost. Horace Babcock notes deformable mirrors compensate atmospheric distortion, with infrared and visible results improving as experiments advance. NASA's Hubble costs and flaws are cited, while ESO experiments already show infrared promise.
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Washington
Horace W. Babcock
Carnegie Institution Observatories
Science
Babcock
HST
Hubble Space Telescope
Iesd Ke Oe
Hubble
European Southern Observatory
South America
NASA
John Manges
Goddard Space Flight Center