http://youtu.be/KwjZkeLgGZQ
This is a video the explains the adaptive optics system of a Large Binocular Telescope. Rather than adapting the conventional method of using a laser to create a false star, a secondary mirror is used to warp the incoming light rays so that the image detector would have a clear view. It is said to be so successful that it produces clearer images than that of the Hubble space telescope. Check it out!
2 points. Conventional adaptive optics does distort a mirror shape, like the system at the LBT. Can you say why it produces better images than the Hubble Space Telescope after fixing the seeing?
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