Adding a secondary concave lens of carefully chosen different glass to the primary lens on a refractor allows

A) chromatic aberration to be reduced.
B) more light to be gathered.
C) greater magnification.
D) X-rays to be focused.
E) effects of atmospheric turbulence to be reduced.


A

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