Which limiting magnification arose in early parabolic mirrors before Newton?

💡 Explanation

Spherical mirrors exhibited blurring due to spherical aberration, because light rays parallel to the optical axis don't converge after reflection. Therefore, larger mirrors increased aberration, rather than correcting other distortion and limiting high effective magnification.

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