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A) Its ability to see very faint objects
B) Its ability to distinguish two adjacent objects close together in the sky
C) Its ability to make distant objects appear much closer to us
D) Its ability to separate light into its component colors for analysis
E) Its ability to focus more than just visible light for imaging


B

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