Figure 6-18: R I V U X G
Using Adaptive Optics to “Unblur” Telescope Images The two false-color, inset images show the same 1-arcsecond-wide region of the sky at infrared wavelengths as observed with the 10.0-m Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea (see Figure 6-16). Without adaptive optics, it is impossible to distinguish individual stars in this region. With adaptive optics turned on, more than two dozen stars can be distinguished.
Using Adaptive Optics to “Unblur” Telescope Images The two false-color, inset images show the same 1-arcsecond-wide region of the sky at infrared wavelengths as observed with the 10.0-m Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea (see Figure 6-16). Without adaptive optics, it is impossible to distinguish individual stars in this region. With adaptive optics turned on, more than two dozen stars can be distinguished.
(UCLA Galactic Center Group)