Laser guide star
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A laser guide star is an artificial star image created for use in astronomical adaptive optics imaging.
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Artist's impression of four laser guide stars.[1]
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Allgäu Public Observatory in Ottobeuren, Germany[3]
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Laser moves to compensate forEarth's rotation during a 30-minute exposure
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First Light of the ESO's Very Large Telescope Laser Guide Star
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Keck Observatory projecting a laser into the sky to create a sodium beacon guide star
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Laser guide star from one of the UTs (Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2010)
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The four beams emerging from the laser system on Unit Telescope 4 of the VLT
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The 4 laser guide star system pointing into the Paranal sky
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One of the four launch telescopes for ESO (VLT)'s.
References
[edit]- ↑ Media Advisory: First Light Event for VLT’s Four New Lasers. European Southern Observatory. Retrieved on 23 March 2016.
- ↑ First Light of New Laser at Paranal. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.
- ↑ Psychedelic Skies. www.eso.org. European Southern Observatory. Retrieved on 3 September 2014.