Observing technique
Speckle Imaging
Recovering fine detail from the fleeting speckle pattern that the atmosphere breaks a star's image into, by taking many very short exposures and reconstructing the true image statistically. It resolves close double stars and fine structure below the atmospheric blur.
Facilities, methods & instruments
Knowledge connections
- Associated withAdaptive Optics
- Associated withCMOS Sensor
- 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.