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Adaptive Optics: A technique that compensates for atmospheric turbulence by quickly adjusting the light path in the optics. This removes seeing effects and enables the telescope to achieve much better resolution, closer to its theoretical resolving power.

Current JPL Adaptive Optics Projects

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