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Old 16-02-2019, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiraz View Post
maybe also worth trying a square aperture over the front of the scope as an apodiser? - rotate the aperture so that the object falls into one of the corners in the diffraction pattern.
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/S..._Planets/a8748
Never heard of apodization before. That sent me off on a little journey to Wikipedia. Fascinating!

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