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Mirrors reflect light; lenses do not. APEX
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What instruments use lenses or mirriors to collect and focus light from distant objects?
Telescopes use lenses or mirrors to collect and focus light from distant objects. The lenses or mirrors help to magnify the light and form an image that can be viewed by the observer.
What are mirrors and lenses classified?
Mirrors and lenses are classified as optical devices that manipulate light. Mirrors reflect light, typically made of a glass surface coated with a reflective material, while lenses are transparent materials, usually glass or plastic, that refract light to focus or disperse it. They are further categorized based on their shapes: concave and convex for mirrors, and converging and diverging for lenses. Both play crucial roles in various applications, including imaging systems and optical instruments.
How do telescope Works?
Mirrors and lenses in telescopes bend and focus light to produce an image with more detail.
Does the hubble space telescope use mirrors or lenses?
The Hubble Space Telescope uses mirrors to gather and focus incoming light. The primary mirror is 2.4 meters in diameter and collects light from celestial objects to produce high-resolution images. Mirrors are well-suited for space telescopes as they are more durable and easier to shape to precise specifications compared to lenses.
Does a reflecting telescope gather light with a lens?
No, with mirrors; but there are lenses in the ocular that do gather the light from the mirror and make an image you can see with your eyes.
Compare how mirrors and lenses affect light rays?
Mirrors, such as plane mirrors, reflect light rays back in the same direction. Lenses, on the other hand, refract light rays by bending them as they pass through, converging or diverging them depending on the shape of the lens. Both mirrors and lenses can alter the path of light rays to create images.
What branch of Science has to do with mirrors and light?
The branch of science that deals with mirrors and light is optics. Optics studies the behavior of light, its interaction with different surfaces like mirrors, and how it forms images. It also includes the study of lenses, refraction, reflection, and the properties of light.
What is a tool that gathers light with mirrors and lenses called?
Cameras and reflecting telescopes gather light using mirrors and lenses.
How does light behave when it strikes different types of lenses and mirrors?
Light can be refracted, reflected, or dispersed when it strikes different types of lenses and mirrors. Convex lenses converge light rays to a focal point, while concave lenses diverge light. Concave and convex mirrors reflect light in different ways: convex mirrors diverge light, creating a virtual image, while concave mirrors can converge light, creating a real image.
What type of telescope uses lenses or mirrors to gather focus light energy?
the reflecting telescope uses mirrors and lenses. The refracting telescope does not include the mirrors.
What instruments use lenses or mirriors to collect and focus light from distant objects?
Telescopes use lenses or mirrors to collect and focus light from distant objects. The lenses or mirrors help to magnify the light and form an image that can be viewed by the observer.
Can mirrors cameras telescope and eye glasses refract light?
Mirrors don't refract, they reflect. All lenses, on the other hand, refract (bend) the light. All cameras have lenses, to focus the image; same for eyeglasses. Some telescopes have lenses, but others are collections of mirrors. Note that some few optical elements are lenses and mirrors - like prescription sunglasses with mirror coating.
How do mirrors and lenses affect light?
by having a same common demominator
What type of telescope does not use mirrors or lenses to gather light?
radiotelescope
How does the refracting telescope use light?
It bends the light with lenses and mirrors, so your answer would be yes.
Do microscopes use mirrors to magnify objects?
No, microscopes use lenses to magnify objects, not mirrors. Mirrors are sometimes used in microscopes for directing and focusing light, but they are not the main component responsible for magnification.
What are mirrors and lenses classified?
Mirrors and lenses are classified as optical devices that manipulate light. Mirrors reflect light, typically made of a glass surface coated with a reflective material, while lenses are transparent materials, usually glass or plastic, that refract light to focus or disperse it. They are further categorized based on their shapes: concave and convex for mirrors, and converging and diverging for lenses. Both play crucial roles in various applications, including imaging systems and optical instruments.
