Figure 9 from Diffraction-limited Visible Light Images of Orion Trapezium Cluster with the Magellan Adaptive Secondary Adaptive Optics System (MagAO)

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Diffraction-limited Visible Light Images of Orion Trapezium Cluster with the Magellan Adaptive Secondary Adaptive Optics System (MagAO)

Authors: L. M. Close, J. R. Males, K. Morzinski, D. Kopon, K. Follette, T. J. Rodigas, P. Hinz, Y-L. Wu, A. Puglisi, S. Esposito, A. Riccardi, E. Pinna, M. Xompero, R. Briguglio, A Uomoto, and T. Hare

Close et al. 2013 The Astrophysical Journal 774 94.

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MagAO z′ (0.91 μm) images of the θ ¹ Ori B group. Resolution 0 farcs 034. Linear color scale. North is up and east is to the left. Note that this image is ~2 × sharper than that of the 8.4 m LBT at Brγ (2.16 μm; see Figure 8). This is clear evidence that AO in the "blue" allows a smaller 6.5 m telescope to outperform the resolution of an 8 m in the NIR.

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