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Originally Posted by PRejto
That is a very very pretty result! Very satisfying to look at...and, particularly nice for one night's effort!
Peter
PS Being a refractor guy I don't usually pay attention to big spikes on bright stars, but yours are awfully "colourful." What causes them to alternate red/blue? Any idea? Is it normal? I've not paid attention enough to remember if this is just what scopes like yours do.
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Thanks a lot Peter! He he yeah that star lower left has a beaut set of diffraction spikes huh?
This colour rainbow effect is quite common really, particularly in fast relatively thick spidered reflectors, it usually looks quite lovely but I agree that star does push the aesthetic levels, even for my eyes...probably look good in one of Andy's Picasso creations
(That was a term or endearment Andy
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Mike