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Noun Concept
Categories: Geometrical optics
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coma  coma aberration  Comatic abberation  comatic aberration  Sagittal coma flare
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In optics, the coma, or comatic aberration, in an optical system refers to aberration inherent to certain optical designs or due to imperfection in the lens or other components that results in off-axis point sources such as stars appearing distorted, appearing to have a tail like a comet. Wikipedia
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In optics, the coma, or comatic aberration, in an optical system refers to aberration inherent to certain optical designs or due to imperfection in the lens or other components that results in off-axis point sources such as stars appearing distorted, appearing to have a tail like a comet. Wikipedia
The comatic aberration Wikipedia Disambiguation
An aberration out of lens design Wikipedia Disambiguation
An optical aberration in an astronomical telescope which causes a V-shaped flare to the image of a star. OmegaWiki
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coma
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coma (optics)
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coma aberration, Comatic abberation, Comatic aberration, Sagittal coma flare
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comatic aberration

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