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Optical telescopes face issues due to chromatic aberration.

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The correct option is A True
The images formed by lenses have errors of colours. This is called chromatic aberration. This effect is produced by the refraction of different wavelengths of light through slightly different angles, resulting in failure to focus the image.

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