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isoplanatic patch

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isoplanatic patch has definition The angular region on the sky over which the wavefront correction applied by an adaptive optics system remains valid. It is relatively small and therefore a nearby reference star is also required. has source: McLean, I.S. 1997 Electronic Imaging in Astronomy, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:33:31.0
is a kind of solid angle

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number has value 2001-09-27 09:32:57.0

isoplanatic patch	has definition The angular region on the sky over which the wavefront correction applied by an adaptive optics system remains valid. It is relatively small and therefore a nearby reference star is also required.
isoplanatic patch	is a kind of solid angle
quantity	has unit
number	has value