For the first few years of operation, how did Hubble's data quality compare to many well-maintained ground-based observatories on a clear night?
Answer
Inferior
The spherical aberration problem meant that for the first few years, scientists were working with data that was far inferior to what many well-maintained ground-based observatories could achieve on a clear night.
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