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Which optical effect increasingly limited the accuracy of readings obtainable from large bronze astrolabes fabricated during the Islamic Golden Age?

A)Chromatic aberration near pointers
B)Spherical aberration of the alidade
C)Diffraction around the instrument
D)Polarization within reflected sunlight

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Chromatic aberration limited accuracy because different wavelengths focussed at slightly different points creating coloured fringes blurring fine details and precise angular measurements; therefore users obtained imprecise astronomical data, rather than effects from solely spherical mirrors.

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