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Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:27 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Who adds the twinkles...and why?
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Who adds the twinkles...and why?

Consider http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051225.html The largest stars have diagonal "twinkles" in X shapes shooting out from them, with "haloes" of glow. I have to believe that these aren't an artifact of the telescope, but are artificially added by someone. So my question is...