Instrumentation
Wavefront Sensor
The eye of an adaptive-optics system — it measures, hundreds or thousands of times a second, exactly how the atmosphere has distorted the incoming light, so a correction can be computed and applied. Common designs are the Shack–Hartmann and pyramid sensors.
Facilities, methods & instruments
Used across the frontier
Knowledge connections
- Associated withLaser Guide Star
- Associated withAdaptive Optics
- Associated withDeformable Mirror
- Associated withDeformable Mirror
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).