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Star image enhancement
HI Crater
We must be on the same wave length as had been considering something like that as one of my projects for the coming imaging season.
I have read of programmes that can provide artificial diffraction spiking of stars, but prefer to do it with direct imaging.
I've attached two images I took a little while ago and thought the effects were pretty cool. I was hoping to incorporate some of these effects into some of my normal imaging.
The first image here was one I took through a 6" SCT. I reckon the SCT spikes could be replicated by placing some cross wires in front of the objective of a refractor to imitate the secondary vanes of a reflector.
The second image was one I took while a Bahtinov mask was still in place on my 80mm refractor.
Both images were of Canopus (I think) and are heavily cropped. I'm afraid I cant find any record of the exposure time.
Hope this might offer some ideas.
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