superhappymanfromthecenteroftheearth's definitions

seeing

The term for the wavey apperence of astronmical objects through a telescope at too hight a magnification caused by atmospheric disturbances. Looks like the visual distortion just above a road on a hot day.

I tried to zoom in on uranus but the seeing conditions werent good

by superhappymanfromthecenteroftheearth August 19, 2003