Adaptive Optics, Tracking the SOTA for ground-based observation Options

[JRehling]

Here, as mentioned in the Neptune thread, is a link to an article about the PALM-3000 system working with the 5m Hale Telescope. The attached photo of Ganymede is one of the best ground-based images I've ever seen, and easily blows away HST resolution.

http://inspirehep.net/record/1252803/plots

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[Phil Stooke]

"Rotate Phil's 90° clockwise."

No, rotate the other one! Mine has north at the top. Call me old-fashioned but that's the way I like it.

Phil

[AndyG]

"Rotate Phil's 90° clockwise."

No, rotate the other one! Mine has north at the top. Call me old-fashioned but that's the way I like it.

Phil

Phil, you're old-fashioned.

Andy

[JRehling]

In astronomy, old fashioned puts south at the top.

One of the great delights of my astrophotography is the fact that the capture software I use allows mirror reflections to be elected at the flick of a switch. One simple click, made once, and I ever after see the correct orientation on my computer screen. It always bothered me to no end that astronomers sketching the Moon, Mars, etc., used to make south-up maps instead of performing the simple transformation.