Question: An astronomer is working with an optical telescope. The telescope lenses focus images onto a...

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An astronomer is working with an optical telescope. The telescope lenses focus images onto a high-resolution, CCD imaging array, and the images are then converted by the telescope electronics into digital images. Working late one evening, the astronomer notices that her new images are noisy and blurry. The manufacturer tells the astronomer that the unit is operating with specifications. Trying to improve the situation by constructing controlled lab experiments with the lenses and imaging sensors is not possible because of the size and weight of the telescope components. As an image processing expert, you are asked to determine what kind of computer processing can be used to restore/reconstruct the images. Formulate a detailed image processing solution for sharpening her images, given that the only images you can obtain are images of stellar bodies.

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Here, I have used the concepts of image processing solution for sharpening images of stellar bodies and thus using the concept, I have written the answer.

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