Which process degrades telescope image quality when turbulence increases?

💡 Explanation

Atmospheric turbulence causes variations in refractive index, therefore the wavefront coherence degrades because constructive interference is disrupted and the final image is smeared, rather than enhanced by diffraction-limited optics.

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