Adaptive Optics Picture Gallery A collection of AO pictures, animations & web links What's New in AO • New Hubble Treasury Project to Survey First Third of Cosmic Time • Celebration of Science and Technology Centers Class of 2000 Webcast of the Event • Methane Clouds Observed Near Titan's Equator May Explain Presence of Riverbeds on the Surface • 'Dark Cells' of Living Retina Imaged for the First Time • Astronomer Franck Marchis Featured in Cosmic Diary Cornerstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 • Astronomer Sandra Faber to Receive Franklin Institute's Prestigious Bower Award more... Call for Papers Submission Deadline extended to April 1, 2010 Special "Adaptive Optics" issue of JOSA A and Applied Optics The International Journal of Optomechatronics is organizing a special issue on “Advances in Optomechatronics for Adaptive Optics Systems”

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The Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) is a Science and Technology Center (STC) funded by the National Science Foundation. The Center researches AO in the fields of vision science and astronomy. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.