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Loading contentThe 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.
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Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).