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Steve Knight
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According to my university notes angular seperation of red & blue images from atmospheric chromatic abberation is:

¬4 x 10^-6 x tan angle from zenith. Angles are in radians.

Based on a 450nm refractive index of 1.0002796 and a 650nm refractive index of 1.0002758.