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Are diffraction spikes of light not present because everything in the picture is a galaxy and not stars? Or do they remove them now with processing? Here’s wha

• danparsonson 2y ago
  "While all stars can create these patterns, we only see spikes with the brightest stars when a telescope takes an image." These distant galaxies are incredibly faint, so I imagine that's the reason there are no obvious diffraction effects.
  • dylan604 2y ago
    Yeah, the diffraction spikes in Webb/Hubble images are clues that those stars are nearby within the Milky Way.
• milleramp 2y ago
  Because the aperture isn't made up of nice straight edges.