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Diffraction spikes
Posted on 12/3/16 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 12/3/16 at 11:48 pm
In a telescope the secondary mirrors support causes light to diffract resulting in the spikes that appear on stars (and other points of light) when viewed from it.
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Just thought it was an interesting thing to know.
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Just thought it was an interesting thing to know.
This post was edited on 12/3/16 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 12/3/16 at 11:53 pm to DavidTheGnome
Stars act a damn fool.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 12:20 am to shutterspeed
Can't nothin be like it do.
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