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Removing star spikes with Cuiv the Lazy Geek

Star spikes, also known as diffraction spikes, are lines radiating from bright stars in images taken with Newtonian telescopes. They occur because of diffraction of light around the secondary mirror's support vanes, also known as the spider vanes. Refracting telescopes, which lack any central...