Which limitation arose when complex astrolabes employed smaller alidades?

💡 Explanation

Smaller alidades cause increased Diffraction limited angular resolution, because the aperture size decreased relative to light's wavelength. Therefore, resolving fine angular details became harder, rather than refraction which relies material properties.

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