I have a beginner's question:
All stars are point objects irrespective of their brightness.
I thought the image size of a point object is the Airy Disc size and does not depend on the point object's brightness?
Why then are brighter stars' images so much bigger in diameter than faint stars'?
It's not just my camera because Hubble images are the same, as are the old photos on film.
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