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here before the explanation [[User:Qwertyuiopfromdefly|Qwertyuiopfromdefly]] ([[User talk:Qwertyuiopfromdefly|talk]]) 04:47, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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: Me too [[Special:Contributions/115.70.50.73|115.70.50.73]]
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:: It was me as well :::;) [[Special:Contributions/216.25.182.141|216.25.182.141]] 05:34, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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::: Here before the comments [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 09:15, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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Randall has been, uh, funnier… I thought I must be missing something, a clever joke or some astronomers insider, but no—that's really all there was to it. Well. {{unsigned ip|2a02:908:c30:5000:b86c:d747:e182:c327|07:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC)}}
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Nice to see that Randall has graduated from the woes of [[1029]], and now can draw Morocco-style stars :-) --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014|2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014]] 08:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
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The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope.  In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5.  The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. [[Special:Contributions/2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572|2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572]] 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk

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here before the explanation Qwertyuiopfromdefly (talk) 04:47, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Me too 115.70.50.73
It was me as well :::;) 216.25.182.141 05:34, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
Here before the comments 82.13.184.33 09:15, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Randall has been, uh, funnier… I thought I must be missing something, a clever joke or some astronomers insider, but no—that's really all there was to it. Well. 2a02:908:c30:5000:b86c:d747:e182:c327 (talk) 07:54, 5 February 2026 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Nice to see that Randall has graduated from the woes of 1029, and now can draw Morocco-style stars :-) --2001:A62:5F7:FB01:BF80:8165:D7C9:B014 08:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

The idea of pointed stars alongside normal ones is probably a reference to the James Web Space Telescope. In its images, very bright stars have diffraction spikes, caused by the segmented hexagonal primary mirrors and the three-strut support of the secondary mirror. However, these form 8 spiked images not 5. The Hubble Space Telescope forms 4 spike images, however the effect was not so noticeable with Hubble. 2A12:F41:145B:1300:C59:505F:B2DB:7572 12:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC) dww-uk