Sharpening a Heavenly Image: Clear view of globular cluster’s crowded core

Using innovative optics to take the twinkle out of starlight, a telescope in Hawaii has recorded the sharpest-ever infrared images of the globular cluster M-13, a crowded grouping of Milky Way stars. The resolution is comparable to discerning the separation between car headlights on the Golden Gate Bridge while standing 3,850 kilometers away in Hawaii.