Instrumentation

Deformable Mirror

A thin mirror whose surface is reshaped hundreds or thousands of times a second by an array of actuators, cancelling the distortion the atmosphere imposes on starlight in real time. The active heart of adaptive optics — the ELT's M4 is one of the largest ever built.

Adaptive Optics
Wavefront Sensor
Extremely Large Telescope

Used across the frontier

Giant Magellan Telescope
Wavefront Sensor

Knowledge connections

Associated withGiant Magellan Telescope
Associated withWavefront Sensor
Associated withAdaptive Optics
Associated withWavefront Sensor
Associated withExtremely Large Telescope

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ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).

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Deformable Mirror

Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

Knowledge connections

Sources

Deformable Mirror

Facilities, methods & instruments

Used across the frontier

Knowledge connections

Sources