Neptune Grom the VLT with MUSE/GALACSI Narrow Field Mode Sdaptive Optics (IMAGE)

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Neptune Grom the VLT with MUSE/GALACSI Narrow Field Mode Sdaptive Optics

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This image of the planet Neptune was obtained during the testing of the Narrow-Field adaptive optics mode of the MUSE/GALACSI instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The corrected image is sharper than a comparable image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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ESO/P. Weibacher (AIP)

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