isoplanatic patch Comparison Table

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isoplanatic patch comparison table

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solid angle quantity A measure of the angular size of an extended object, equal to the area it subtends on the surface of a sphere of unit radius.

isoplanatic patch solid angle 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.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
solid angle	quantity	A measure of the angular size of an extended object, equal to the area it subtends on the surface of a sphere of unit radius.
isoplanatic patch	solid angle	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.

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