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Loading contentHigh-resolution imaging of the Moon and planets by recording thousands of short-exposure frames and keeping only the sharpest, to beat the blurring of atmospheric turbulence. This 'lucky imaging' approach, usually with a fast CMOS camera, lets modest telescopes resolve cloud belts on Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, and craters on the Moon.
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