I frequently see images with some stars with
Is this something that is endemic to a particular scope style, like a reflector? I do not notice in in my refractor that I have, nor have I noticed in the few images I've captured with the NexStar 8SE (a Schmitt-Cassegrain design)?
spikes
(usually at least 4, sometimes more) around them. I know that a Bhatinov mask uses spikes for focusing, but these are not the type I refer to. Usually they primary spikes
are at the 4 compass points, and then others are usually distributed equally in fours.Is this something that is endemic to a particular scope style, like a reflector? I do not notice in in my refractor that I have, nor have I noticed in the few images I've captured with the NexStar 8SE (a Schmitt-Cassegrain design)?