This video demonstrates where star spikes come from in the Hubble and Webb space telescopes. I show how to add them if you like them, or remove them if you don't.
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Questions Answered:
1) What causes stars to have spikes?
2) What are diffraction spikes?
3) Can we eliminate diffraction spikes?

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