“星球大战”研究人员正在从事的是激光武器研究,并不企求从星光中提取闪烁光。然而,美国空军实验室和某大学研究小组10年前即已开始到1991年6月初才解密的“星球大战”研究已产生一种能校正天体大气模糊的激光系统,可望大大改善某些地面光学望远镜所产生的图象清晰度,达到在大气层上空轨道上运行的昂贵仪器所获图象的水平。据研制者在91年6月西雅图举行的美国天文学协会会议上报导,这种激光系统已在小型望远镜上作了试验,它可使地面红外和可见光天文学发生革命性变化。 “Star Wars ” Researchers are engaged in laser weapons research, not seeking to extract flashing light from the stars. However, the “Star Wars” research conducted by the U.S. Air Force Laboratory and a university research team that started 10 years ago until early June 1991 has produced a laser system that can correct the ambiguous atmosphere of the celestial bodies and is expected to greatly improve some The resolution of images produced by some terrestrial optical telescopes reaches the level of imagery obtained by expensive instruments operating on orbits above the atmosphere. The researchers reported at a meeting of the American Astronomy Association in Seattle in June 1991 that the laser system was tested on a small telescope that revolutionized terrestrial infrared and visible-light astronomy.