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A physics experiment that took me more than 50 years to complete.

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Venus Transit June 5, 2012 from San Diego

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Jupiter, April 9, 2004 (my highest resolution Jovian image)

6-hour Jupiter movie - 2004 - triple shadows

7-hour Jupiter movie -2001 - dual shadows

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.

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Mars, August 9, 2003, using a webcam

Saturn

Saturn, December 29, 2000, using AO-2 system

Jupiter

Jupiter, January 7, 2001, using AO-2 system

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(For best viewing, please maximize your monitor brightness and adjust the contrast until you can see each of the 17 gray scales shown here)

Recent Images and Movies of Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and stellar seeing are now posted in the Image Gallery (updated October 28, 2005).

FOR MORE INFORMATION, click on these links:

Image Gallery

Adaptive Optics Tutorials and Products

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Web page last updated June 10, 2012.