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Originally Posted by citivolus
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I do have one unresolved curiosity. I notice that a lot of people are using a circular mask to define the outside edge of their diffraction slits. The ends of these slits are not squared off, and I'm curious how much of an impact this will have on the diffraction pattern. Attached is the shape of the mask that I made.
Any comments?
Regards,
Eric
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Hi Eric
The inside edge of the outer circular rim of my Bahtinov Mask is of a larger diameter than my mirror, so my mirror never “sees” this edge, although it does "see" it's own edge, i.e. the edge of the mirror.
Cheers
Dennis