15 Aug 2022 21:46:34
Real Stars

{Ed032's Note - Thanks, Topher. Here is something with a bit more context for you.

Water Above the Firmament The Truth About the Stars Luminaries

 
16 Aug 2022 19:35:51
Cheers Ed.

{Ed032's Note - Welcome, Chris.

 
18 Aug 2022 08:54:22
Morning ed32, I enjoyed that video, more so the water and frequencies, my question is the focus on the stars,I don’t own a telescope or have any knowledge regarding cameras/telescopes/focus/etc etc. so I posted this and the 1 I put and it’s ‘apparently’ due to poor focusing etc and is false, and you can make anything look like that. Is that truely how stars look as telescope people say different? Or am I being fed a fib? Or is it just ‘you decide’ I get the idea in my head whether it’s out of focus or not and to me it shows the workings and not the image they portray. Any help
Would be great
Cheers

{Ed032's Note - Hi, Topher. These people saying it is false and can make anything look like that, ask them to do the same with a coin of choice at a distance. They will not get it to dance like the luminaries do.

Even on a completely still night, verified by high magnification Moon viewing, the stars will do this even at a mid-range magnification. It just gets bigger and more visible at higher magnifications. And the focus is irrelevant, you will still see the same thing, just out of focus.

The dark spot at the centre and the 4 black lines (more 2 lines as a cross) are caused by the secondary mirror and support. These components become more visible at higher magnifications and this is one of the drawbacks with reflecting telescopes.

Or you can base your logic on the information you get from NASA. They never fake anything, right?