This web site is updated weekly so that we may bring you the latest health news in a timely fashion. You may want to bookmark this site for future reference. . The telescope technology the researchers are looking at corrects telescope image blurriness. When light travels through the atmosphere, it becomes distorted by atmospheric turbulence.
Astronomers use lasers and computers to measure the amount of distortion.
The measurements are used to prompt a deformable mirror to quickly alter incoming light, adjustments that restore a sharp image of the object in the sky. When light enters the eye, it is distorted by natural aberrations in the cornea, the transparent part of the surface of the eyeball. These minute imperfections distort the light, causing blurry vision. Copyright 2001 by United Press International. All rights reserved.