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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.

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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.