Abstract

Linear image reconstruction techniques have been proposed for post-processing astronomical images measured with commpensated imaging systems. Linear techniques use averaging to overcome the effects of randomness and deconvolution to remove system effects. In this paper we report the first experimental results from compensated image measurements of single and binary stars at visible wavelengths, and verify the previously derived analytic expression relating the statistics of the compensated optical transfer function to the compensated image spectrum SNR.

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