"lucky imaging" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lucky imaging (uncountable)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable
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