Taming a bright star
October 2012: Follow these steps to reduce any overly bright and big stars.
Contributed by Tony Hallas
Published:
August 28, 2012
Exceptionally bright stars have a way of over-representing themselves. This is mostly due to flare, which occurs whenever light passes through glass or bounces off a mirror. Despite astroimagers’ best efforts to keep the optics clean, some scattering of light is inevitable.
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