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← HistoryWhich optical consequence occurred with early refracting telescopes due to uncoated lenses?
A)Chromatic aberration induced color fringes✓
B)Spherical aberration distorted star images
C)Diffraction limited resolution improvements
D)Infrared wavelengths blocked by absorption
💡 Explanation
Without coatings, early telescope lenses relied solely on refraction, causing chromatic aberration because different wavelengths of light focused at slightly different points. Therefore color fringes occurred, rather than spherical aberration corrected optics, improving diffraction limits or limited by Infrared absorption, which rely on different system properties.
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