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Old 11-05-2019, 08:43 AM
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I totally agree with what have been said about colour correction and microlensing.

Here is an example of a similar diffraction pattern caused by microlensing with the same sensor (from Jon Rista's website: https://i.imgur.com/2ntiE8T.jpg

And my attempt at LRGB imaging with a 102mm ED doublet: https://www.astrobin.com/full/105505/0/

Same target, same equipment, but narrowband: https://www.astrobin.com/full/105131/C/

Also, 71mm aperture diffracts light more significantly than larger apertures and this will show as less-pinpointy (read: bloated) stars, unless larger pixels are utilised and we err on the side of under-sampling.

To sum up, IMHO, unless one does wide field under-sampled LRGB imaging, narrowband, from my experience, yields more pleasing results with a small ED refractor than RGB.
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