Improving imaging performance at WIYN

[WIYN seeing] Improving imaging performance at WIYN

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This section from a 20 minute MiniMosaic exposure by D.J.Pisano and E.Wilcots (U.Wisconsin) with 0.4 arc second stellar images demonstrates the improved imaging performance between mid-1999 and 2000 at the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope. See the article in the NOAO March 2000 newsletter.

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