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Originally Posted by alpal
The diffraction spikes are well explained here:
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b...s-webb-spikes/
Still - I don't know why they used triple struts to hold the secondary mirror
instead of the 4 struts as Hubble used?
The triple struts are creating more diffraction spikes. |
Looks like I have an answer from another forum.
If you look at this picture from the link above here:
https://bigthink.com...8ZPX0AIB-Ho.png
The Hexagon mirrors are already giving 6 strange spikes with multiple copies
of the hexagon shape of the many mirrors.
The struts they use are overlapping that pattern.