Timeline for A virtual image may be observed directly or may serve as a source to be reimaged by a subsequent lens system, but it cannot be produced on a screen
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Feb 12, 2020 at 17:39 | vote | accept | The Pointer | ||
Feb 12, 2020 at 17:35 | comment | added | The Pointer | Yes, that's what I meant. | |
Feb 12, 2020 at 17:24 | comment | added | BioPhysicist | @ThePointer Kind of. If by "actual image" you mean a real image, then yes. The key point though is that light only diverges away from a virtual image, so there is no point in space where you could put something that the light converges at in order to capture an image. | |
Feb 12, 2020 at 4:45 | comment | added | The Pointer | Ahh, ok, I understand now. So the virtual image is more similar to the object than it is to an actual image, in the sense that you cannot image it onto a screen, as you can the actual image, but it acts as the object in a different location (at the location of the virtual image). Am I understanding it correctly? | |
Feb 12, 2020 at 4:37 | history | answered | BioPhysicist | CC BY-SA 4.0 |