I don't know if it's exactly what you're thinking but many modern research scopes use adaptive optics which is both software and hardware https://en.m.wikipedi

I don't know if it's exactly what you're thinking but many modern research scopes use adaptive optics which is both software and hardware https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star