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Old 21-04-2006, 06:27 AM
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That would be it, a 3 vane spider caused 6 diffraction spikes. I get that with my 8" f7 scope, which also has 3 vanes. Mainly see it on Bright to semi bright stars. I like em, they look better than the 4 spikes in my opinion

Excellent image by the way.
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