In medieval Islamic optics, which consequence arises from using parabolic mirrors at shallower angles?

💡 Explanation

Increased spherical aberration occurs because a shallow-angle parabola fails to perfectly focus off-axis parallel rays to singular point. This leads to a blurred image; therefore, spherical aberration dominates, rather than the intended perfect focus, under these geometrical constraints.

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