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an image of axial poin source is made with a parabolic mirror which is front coated.the image will be free of which two of the following a.chromatic abberation b.spherical abberation c.coma d.astimatism

 

an image of axial poin source is made with a parabolic mirror which is front coated.the image will be free of which  two of the following


a.chromatic abberation


b.spherical abberation


c.coma


d.astimatism


Grade:12

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Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
312 Points
13 years ago

Dear Ocean, 

There will be no spherical aberration because in a parabolic mirror, all paraxial rays pass through the focus upon reflection.

The properties of reflection are independent of the wavelength of light. Therefore, there will be no chromatic aberration. 

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