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lucky imaging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
luck-y imag-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of speckle imaging used for astrophotography, in which those optimum exposures least affected by the atmosphere are chosen and combined into a single image by shifting and adding the short exposures, yielding much higher angular resolution than would be possible with a single, longer exposure.

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What does lucky imaging mean?
A form of speckle imaging used for astrophotography, in which those optimum exposures least affected by the atmosphere are chosen and combined into a single image by shifting and adding the short exposures, yielding much higher angular resolution than would be possible with a single, longer exposure.

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