Adaptive Optics Help Bring Uranus in Focus

Earth-based telescopes aren’t dead. Check out the images made from the Palomar Observatory using a new adaptive optics system. The research team was able to resolve a decent image of the planet Uranus, its ring system, and its moon Puck.

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This entry was written by Bill Humphries and posted on October 20, 1999 at 12:00 am and filed under science. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the Atom feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.