Which limitation occurs if a telescope objective exhibits imperfections?

💡 Explanation

Reduced resolution happens because uneven surfaces cause constructive and destructive interference affecting wavefront uniformity called diffraction. Therefore diffraction limits resolution, rather than chromatic aberration, which impacts colors, or polarization which generally involves filtering light.

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