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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

Knowledge connections

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.