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Old 19-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Miaplacidus View Post
Auw, now that's nice. (How come the background stars don't have the diffraction spikes?)
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Some of them have very fine diffraction spikes.

This is due to their given brightness.. Look at most images using newtonians, Unless the exposure was particularly long, dimmer stars rarely have diffraction spikes, only the brighter stars..

As seen in this image... the brighter ones have spikes, but as they get dimmer, the diffraction spikes shrink.
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