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Old 11-02-2014, 06:50 PM
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Nice one.

(One odd thing - the star halos don't seem to be perfectly centred on the bright stars - any idea why?)
Thanks.

The reflections are not axisymmetric because they arise not on the imaging axis. I have found a couple of research papers on removing them, but none really explain why they aren't symmetrical about the star.

Someone here with more optics knowledge than I can explain it I'm sure.

Cheers
Stuart
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