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determined by the wavefront center that is always set to zero.
Wavefront areas that are not defined because the appropriate spot was not
detectable will not be displayed at all.
Click Cancel or ESC to discard all changes or click OK or close the panel if you
want to take over the changes.
4.2.2.6
Zernike Coefficients Panel
This panel displays a bar graph whereas the vertical bars indicate the Zernike
coefficients which are the results of the Zernike fit.
The Zernike coefficients can be positive or negative and indicate that the measured
wavefront does contain particular Zernike modes weighted with its coefficient
standing for its amplitude.