Adaptive Optics Tutorials
Stellar
Products was the first company to manufacture standard adaptive optics systems
to both amateur and professional astronomers. The AO-2 adaptive optics system
provided image stabilization for planetary photography. The AO-5 adaptive
optics system will provide correction of defocus and astigmatism as well as
image stabilization. Either of these systems allows the astronomer to improve
his images to the limit of his telescope.
For more
information on how adaptive optics works, and some of the products manufactured
by Stellar Products, click on the following links:
A Short Adaptive Optics Tutorial - how adaptive optics is used
The Importance of Image Stabilization - the simplest type of adaptive optics, and how powerful it is for small telescopes
High Resolution Photography Requirements - a tutorial on the minimum requirements for diffraction-limited imaging
AO-5 Product Preview - the adaptive optics system for colleges and advanced amateurs using telescopes between 10” and 24”. (Updated November 2018)
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