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For those wondering about the word “objective” as it is used above;

> In optical engineering, the objective is the optical element that gathers light from the object being observed and focuses the light rays to produce a real image. [1]

I found this [2] article to be pretty approachable without the jargon overload like Wikipedia often suffers from.

[1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_(optics)

[2] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction-limited_system



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