To: "Matthew L. Brown" ,atm{at}shore.net
From: u.suessenberger{at}t-online.de (Uwe Suessenberger)
Reply-To: u.suessenberger{at}t-online.de (Uwe Suessenberger)


Hi,

At 22:55 15.07.2003 -0700, Matthew L. Brown wrote:
>Diffraction effects are a complex thing.  However, generally, thicker
>vanes means bigger diffraction effects.  Curved spiders just spread the
>effects out so you don't notice them.

for diffraction effects with different spider design you may have a look at
(long thread, german)
http://www.astrotreff.de/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3754

Regards: Uwe

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