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A Ground-Based Scope That Flexes For Better Focus

Posted by timothy on from the much-cheaper dept.

Steve0987 writes "EE Times Online has an interesting article on a deformable telescope mirror that the University of Arizona has built. It uses 336 magnetic coils to deform the 2 foot secondary mirror and change its shape to compensate for everything from wind blowing against the telescope to atmospheric aberations. It is purported to provide 3 times the resolution of the Hubble telescope. (And you don't have to go into space to fix it."

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  1. but but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i think it will require going into space to show Steve0987 how to properly parenthesize a sentence.