Observing technique
Lucky Imaging
Taking a rapid burst of very short exposures and keeping only the few sharpest — the lucky moments when the atmosphere happens to be still — then combining them. A simple way to reach near-diffraction-limited resolution on modest telescopes without full adaptive optics.
Highlights
- ›Keep only the frames the atmosphere left sharp
Facilities, methods & instruments
Knowledge connections
- Associated withCMOS Sensor
- Associated withVisible light
- Associated withPlanetary Imaging
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.