Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The spectacularly clear images of galaxies millions of light years from Earth captured thanks to lasers and mirrors

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July 4, 2013 - Daily Mail online
These razor sharp images of galaxies millions of light years from Earth have been produced by a remote observatory thanks to a brand new instrument.
The adaptive optics system, called 'GeMS', helps remove atmospheric distortion - or blurriness - when taking pictures of space, making images of much clearer.
It took scientists more than a decade to develop and is now in regular use by the Gemini South Observatory located in Chile.
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