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embwbam | 9 months ago

The adaptive optics system for the DKIST solar telescope actually deforms each point of the mirror at 60Hz or something to do wavefront correction!

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pfdietz|9 months ago

Big telescopes have to actively deform the primary mirror anyway, just to keep it in proper shape as it moves around under gravity loads.