Gemini North's Laser Guide Star
Gemini North telescope, half of the International Gemini Observatory, shines a low power laser into the sky to create a laser guide star. This laser guide star serves as a reference for the telescope's adaptive optics system so that it can 'cancel out' the effect of atmospheric turbulence on the images of its actual targets.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard
About the Video
Id: | 20100828_time-lapse-CC |
Release date: | Nov. 26, 2023, 1:04 a.m. |
Duration: | 17 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Gemini North |
Category: | Fulldome Gemini Observatory |