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.
Facilities, methods & instruments
Used across the frontier
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGiant Magellan Telescope
- Associated withWavefront Sensor
- Associated withAdaptive Optics
- Associated withWavefront Sensor
- Associated withExtremely Large Telescope
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).