Both reflecting and refracting telescopes suffer from:
A) chromatic aberration.
B) diffraction effects and chromatic aberration.
C) greater increase in weight for a given increase in aperture.
D) diffraction effects.

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Reflecting telescopes suffer from diffraction effects, but not chromatic aberration, which is primarily an issue with refracting telescopes. Both types of telescopes can experience diffraction effects.

Both Reflecting and Refracting Telescopes Suffer From