Tip-tilt correction for astronomical telescopes using adaptive control

The greatest hindrance to modern astronomy is the effect of the Earth's atmosphere on incoming light. The fundamental, or lowest mode of disturbance is tip and tilt. This mode causes the focused image of a distant point source to move about in a plane (X-Y motion) as viewed from a telescope objective, Tip-tilt correction systems can be used to correct for these disturbances in real time, We propose a novel application of adaptive control tea address some unique problems inherent with tip-tilt correction systems for astronomical telescopes.