Dunno. I'm guessing that you could remove them and see stars underneath them, because, after all, other parts of the telescope can see that patch of sky (the ar

Dunno. I'm guessing that you could remove them and see stars underneath them, because, after all, other parts of the telescope can see that patch of sky (the arms don't _entirely_ occlude it.. just from some angles). But I don't really know what I'm talking about.