Friday, July 5, 2013

Telescope Gets New Gear to Bring Stars Into Focus

http://www.space.com/14294-gemini-telescope-adaptive-optics-stars.html

July 3, 2013 - Space.com
Stars viewed by an observatory in South America have just lost their twinkle. Images from this ground-based telescope are brighter and clearer than ever before, thanks to a new instrument on the Gemini South observatory that reduces the blurring, or twinkle, caused by Earth's atmosphere.
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