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The 52 pages that link to Adaptive optics, each with the reason it gives.

• Optical coherence tomographyRelated: It can sharpen OCT images when ocular aberrations limit transverse resolution.

• AstrophotographyRelated: It addresses image blur at capture, unlike later software processing.

• Angular resolutionRelated: It restores resolution that turbulence would otherwise blur.

• Point spread functionRelated: It improves astronomical or retinal images by bringing the measured PSF closer to its ideal form.

• Reflecting telescopeRelated: Large ground-based reflectors use it to counter atmospheric blurring.

• Very Large TelescopeRelated: The VLT uses adaptive optics to sharpen images blurred by Earth’s atmosphere.

• Mount Wilson ObservatoryRelated: Mount Wilson’s solar observations helped motivate methods for correcting atmospheric image blur.

• Astronomical seeingRelated: It counteracts seeing in real time to recover sharper ground-based images.

• BetelgeuseRelated: Adaptive optics sharpens ground-based images of Betelgeuse’s surface and surroundings.

• Rayleigh criterionRelated: It helps ground-based telescopes approach their diffraction-limited resolution.

• WavefrontRelated: Astronomical systems reshape wavefronts distorted by atmospheric turbulence.

• Optical aberrationRelated: It counteracts aberrations introduced by atmospheric turbulence or optical systems.

• Direct imaging of exoplanetsRelated: On ground-based telescopes, adaptive optics sharpens images and reduces starlight spread around planets.

• Astronomical instrumentRelated: Adaptive optics helps ground-based telescopes counter a limitation absent from space instruments.

• Optical telescopeRelated: Astronomical telescopes use it to counter atmospheric blur in real time.

• Direct imagingRelated: Sharper images concentrate starlight and make nearby faint signals easier to distinguish.

• Optical astronomyRelated: It counteracts atmospheric turbulence that blurs ground-based observations.

• Spherical aberrationRelated: It can compensate for spherical aberration when it varies or must be corrected dynamically.

• Thirty Meter TelescopeRelated: The telescope’s adaptive-optics system is designed to sharpen images distorted by Earth’s atmosphere.

• Extremely Large TelescopeRelated: Adaptive optics will counter atmospheric turbulence that would otherwise blur ELT images.

• Piezoelectric actuatorRelated: Piezo actuators deform mirrors quickly to compensate for optical errors.

• Telescope mountRelated: Large telescope mounts must hold the telescope steady while adaptive optics corrects the incoming image.

• European Southern ObservatoryRelated: ESO’s adaptive-optics systems sharpen ground-based images through Earth’s atmosphere.

• Large Binocular TelescopeRelated: Adaptive optics sharpens images from each large mirror, enabling high-resolution observations.

• Palomar ObservatoryRelated: Adaptive optics lets the Hale Telescope achieve sharper images despite atmospheric turbulence.

• Astronomical objectRelated: It sharpens observations of astronomical objects from the ground.

• Reinhard GenzelRelated: It sharpened images enough to distinguish stars in the crowded Galactic center.

• Subaru TelescopeRelated: Subaru’s adaptive-optics systems sharpen images blurred by Earth’s atmosphere.

• W. M. Keck ObservatoryRelated: Keck’s adaptive-optics systems sharpen infrared images by compensating for turbulence above Mauna Kea.

• Charles H. TownesRelated: Townes supported astronomical techniques that improve observations through Earth’s atmosphere.

• Gemini ObservatoryRelated: Gemini uses adaptive optics to sharpen observations, especially in infrared wavelengths.

• R136Related: Ground-based adaptive optics enabled detailed views of R136’s densely packed core.

• Zone of AvoidanceRelated: Sharper ground-based images help distinguish background galaxies from crowded foreground stars.

• Astronomical instrumentationRelated: Adaptive optics counteracts atmospheric blurring in ground-based observations.

• Giant Magellan TelescopeRelated: The telescope will use adaptive optics to counter atmospheric turbulence and sharpen images.

• Solar telescopeRelated: It compensates for daytime atmospheric turbulence that otherwise blurs solar detail.

• Visible-light astronomyRelated: It counteracts atmospheric turbulence to sharpen visible-light images from the ground.

• Diffraction-limited systemRelated: It helps ground-based telescopes approach their diffraction limit despite atmospheric turbulence.

• Messier 22Related: It helps resolve crowded stars near Messier 22’s dense center.

• Moons of HaumeaRelated: It enabled ground-based telescopes to resolve faint moons near bright Haumea.

• 10 HygieaRelated: Adaptive-optics observations resolved Hygiea’s surface and revealed its unusually round outline.

• Andrea M. GhezRelated: It sharpened Keck images enough to distinguish crowded stars near the Galactic Center.

• History of the telescopeRelated: It allowed ground observatories to recover sharper images despite atmospheric turbulence.

• LBV 1806−20Related: Sharper images help separate LBV 1806−20 from nearby stars in its crowded field.

• Minor-planet moonRelated: Improved angular resolution helps distinguish faint moons from their brighter primaries.