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Old 08-08-2018, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Slawomir View Post
Yes, one star only in the entire image so it did trigger my curiosity. And the spikes are actually very unusual and kind of pretty, so I was allowing a possibility of a nebulosity interfering with the light coming out of this star.

Or perhaps it is the lens-camera combination at some specific angles creating such unique localised patterns.
Yes it is strange... this shot shows the effect I had noticed on some bright stars (but not all) before but not in all images and only on some bright stars..? It doesn't worry me at all but it is intriguing

Mike
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