Hello i am wondering you know how adaptive optics you need to Split half the light with a beamsplitter so you will see half as much light would you also see half as much contrast as well or is it only half as much light with a beamsplitter?
Would you lose contrast with a beamsplitter with adaptive optics
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, Feb 01 2023 06:43 AM
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Posted 01 February 2023 - 06:43 AM
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Posted 01 February 2023 - 07:00 AM
Contrast can be defined in a confusing number of ways, but for simplicity here, no, only the light is cut in half, the contrast remains the same.
Binoviewers work this way (usually).
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