Multiple Choice
Which of these techniques has resulted in the BEST angular resolution of the image?
A) adaptive optics as used with Keck II on Mauna Kea
B) Hubble Space Telescope, an orbiting telescope
C) active optics, as used with the New Technology Telescope in Chile
D) interferometry, as used with the four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranel Observatory in Chile
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