To me this looks more like a hand trying to catch Rigel ;-) not so much a witcher's face... but this may be different with different objects in a scenery.
However, this is actually a test image to prove if my measures against exaggerated spikes would work. They are caused by reflections (not diffraction) - I called them "Exo Spikes" - at the spider of this newton telescope (compare the rogue spikes in my Pleiades and Horse Head).
So I chose a "brute force" scenario for the acid test: IC2118 a.k.a. "The Witcher" versus Rigel, a battle between nothing-to-see and over-exposed. In the end, after some pixel-kungfu, I found it looking more interesting than just a "test image" ?
However, Rigel should deliver some serious spikes. But, it didn't! Not at all... :o Not even
diffraction spikes. Only medium stars show some...
It wasn't meant to be THIS efficient, though ;-) But, I still have the choice to add spikes if I want with StarSpikes ;-)
So, now I have a APO - LOL!
If you want to learn more about the "anti exo spike" measures click
here for English:
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/663055-new-sharpstar-15028hnt-initial-impression-with-pics/page-11#entry9860184or here for German:
https://forum.astronomie.de/threads/mega-spikes-beim-hypergraph-150f2-8-was-tun.281592/
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