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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ANGC6397.jpg">thumb</a><b>Diffraction spikes</b> are lines radiating from bright light sources, causing what is known as the <b>starburst effect</b> or <b>sunstars</b> in photographs and in vision. They are <a href="page.php?w=Artifact_%28error%29">artifacts</a> caused by light <a href="page.php?w=Diffraction">diffracting</a> around the support vanes of the secondary mirror in <a href="page.php?w=reflecting_telescope">reflecting telescope</a>s, or edges of non-circular camera <a href="page.php?w=aperture">aperture</a>s,</p><p>
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