New Gemini Images Exemplify the Power of Adaptive Optics
This composite image shows a small section of the core of the globular cluster M-13 as imaged by the Altair adaptive optics system on Gemini North (upper blue inset; 0.060 arcsecond resolution). Beneath the Altair image is an uncorrected "natural seeing" image (0.26 arcsecond resolution).
Créditos:Wide-field background image courtesy of the Canada-France-Hawai`i Telescope/Coelum/Jean-Charles Cuillandre.
About the Image
Id: | gemini0301a |
Tipo: | Collage |
Release date: | 2 de Junio de 2003 a las 20:00 |
Related releases: | gemini0301 |
Size: | 1026 x 794 px |
Sobre el Objeto
Categoría: | Star Clusters |