Which mechanism optimizes focus given a light-source angular blur impacting an astrolabe's alidade?

💡 Explanation

A pinhole minimizes angular blur because it leverages geometric optics to restrict light to near paraxial rays, therefore a sharper image appears, rather than a blurred one from incoming light at varying angles.

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