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Old 24-05-2011, 07:32 PM
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In case you don't have access to a 1971 copy of S&T, Young also mentions
you can make you own luck by making the local area and instrument itself
congenial to seeing.

Imaging off grassy surface rather than concrete, cooling fans for the optics etc. all help.

It is surprising how much local thermal conditions can break up a starry wave-front.
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