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E-ELT Mirror Work to Start in 2012

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GARCHING, Germany, Dec. 20, 2011 — The ESO Council has approved funding for the first elements of the E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). Work will now begin on the instrument’s challenging adaptive optics mirror, M4 (the fourth mirror out of five in the telescope) in early 2012. Final approval by the council of the whole European Southern Observatory (ESO) project is expected in mid-2012. An artist’s impression envisions the European Extremely Large Telescope in its enclosure on Cerro Armazones, a 3060-m mountaintop in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The 40-m-class instrument will be the largest...Read full article

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    Published: December 2011
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    adaptive optics
    Adaptive optics (AO) is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effects of atmospheric distortions. The Earth's atmosphere can cause light passing through it to experience distortions, resulting in image blurring and degradation in various optical applications, such as astronomical observations, laser communications, and imaging systems. Adaptive optics systems actively adjust the optical elements in real-time to compensate for these distortions. Key...
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