New Telescope Terminology

For all ground-based telescopes:

Adaptive Optics: Technology in telescope mirror that can bend in ways that adjust and cancel out small distortion caused by atmospheric pressures.

Liquid Mirror Telescopes: Spinning liquid mercury on a base so that it would have a parabolic shape. Low maintenance, can have large aperture easily.

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