Neptune from the VLT with MUSE Narrow Field Mode adaptive optics

This comparison of images of the planet Neptune with (left) and without (right) adaptive optics was obtained during the testing of the Narrow-Field adaptive optics mode of the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The corrected image is sharper than a comparable image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit

ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)