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Re:James Webb first images – complete set of high resolution... by deelowe on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:45PM (#32072540)
This was also recently posted on reddit: https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/
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Re:James Webb first images – complete set of high resolution... by jonplackett on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:02PM (#32074322)
Was J J Abrahams involved in Webb, because it really seems to produce nice lens flair
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Re:James Webb first images – complete set of high resolution... by capableweb on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:47PM (#32074773)
What you're seeing is not lens flares but diffraction spikes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike

You could call those lens flares I guess, but commonly known as diffraction spikes when it comes to telescopes. In this case they appear because of the supporting struts in the James Webb telescope.

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