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Old 11-October-2005, 04:24 PM
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FYI, this is a nice image of a sunspot using a new filtering technique called adaptive optics. This technique substancially sharpens the image. I just thought the technology was pretty cool!
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Just because it's you, Michael, doesn't mean you have to post everything to ATM. I moved this to Astronomy since that seemed more appropriate.
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Just because it's you, Michael, doesn't mean you have to post everything to ATM. I moved this to Astronomy since that seemed more appropriate.
Thanks. I'm just a little gun shy is all. This is really very impressive technology IMO.
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Actually, we've got a discussion about this going on here, so I'm going to lock this thread as a duplication.
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