European Southern Observatory - VLT Adaptive Optics

[Eric Mc]

A new adaptive optic system is now in place at the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile and is already producing images that rival and even surpass Hubble. This image of Neptune is simply stunning and is the best since Voyager 2 flew past in 1989 -



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PheYRw8G_I8

[rustyuk]

Would love to spend a night controlling that!

[MartG]

Amazing improvement !

[budgie smuggler]

Amazing result. There's a bit of info on how it works here
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/1807...

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Wow, just wow.

From a cat owner who loves to twiddle his knobs.

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