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A short history of diffraction: Part 2

The diffraction of electromagnetic radiation is of particular interest to astronomers and is very much a mixed blessing.On the one hand diffraction gratings can be used to examine the spectrum of an object; on the other hand, diffraction limits the resolution of a telescope, depending on its aperture.

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