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perihelionsyesterday at 2:50 PM1 replyview on HN

- "Flash the laser at the same time as the image, scan the laser-illuminated spot, calculate the perturbance, and reverse-filter the image"

That's also how some adaptive optics work in astronomy,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star


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embwbamyesterday at 4:02 PM

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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