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When an image is virtual, it means the light seems to be coming from a specific source but it is not. So yes you can take a picture of it because the light is still going into the camera as if it was coming from an object. To put it another way, because we "see" a virtual image with our eyes a camera can take a picture of one. After all, a picture is just a permanent record of what is falling on the back of our eye balls.

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What is the difference between real and virtual image?

Real image can be caught on a screen. But virtual cannot be caugtht so Real image is formed due to convergence of rays but in case of virtual there are only diverging rays and so they appear to diverge from one point where virtual image is located But both real and virtual could be seen by human eyes. Same way real object would definitely give out diverging rays But virtual object is considered as converging rays are assumed to come from such virtual object


What mirror gives virtual and larger image than the object?

A concave mirror can give a virtual and larger image than the object when the object is placed within the focal length of the mirror. When the object is placed beyond the focal point, a real, inverted, smaller image is formed.


Compare the image formed by a concave lens and the image formed by a convex mirror?

the image formed by convex lens are real but the images formed by concave lens are virtual concave mirror are commonly used in to torches search light and vehicles headlights to get powerful parallel beam of light they are often used as a wing a to see a larger image of the face the dentist use a concave mirrors to see larger image of that is open send large can give are used to concentrate sunlight to produce heat in solar furnace


What are the Lens that can create a real or virtual image?

Lenses that can create a real image include converging lenses such as convex lenses. Lenses that can create a virtual image include diverging lenses such as concave lenses. The type of image formed depends on the focal length and the object distance from the lens.


What are virtual and real images and what is the difference between them?

Here we have to note down an interesting point. If we have a source of light, then the rays starting right from the source would be diverging definitely. Hence if the rays coming from a source is of diverging type then the source is a real one. If otherwise the rays assumed coming from a source is converging type then we can declare that the source would be a virtual one. Same manner to form an image on a screen the rays have to converge. So converging rays would give definitely a real image. If the rays which are destined to give an image are of diverging type then the image must be termed as virtual. To get the position of the virtual image we have to extend back the rays so as they meet at a point and we say that the rays appear to diverge from that point hence named as virtual image. Thus we generalize this way. In case of source if rays are of diverging then source is real, if converging then source is virtual. In case of image formation, if rays are converging then real image and if diverging then virtual image. This is the cute point to be realized and to be taught to the students of this generation.

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What is the difference between real and virtual image?

Real image can be caught on a screen. But virtual cannot be caugtht so Real image is formed due to convergence of rays but in case of virtual there are only diverging rays and so they appear to diverge from one point where virtual image is located But both real and virtual could be seen by human eyes. Same way real object would definitely give out diverging rays But virtual object is considered as converging rays are assumed to come from such virtual object


What mirror gives virtual and larger image than the object?

A concave mirror can give a virtual and larger image than the object when the object is placed within the focal length of the mirror. When the object is placed beyond the focal point, a real, inverted, smaller image is formed.


Compare the image formed by a concave lens and the image formed by a convex mirror?

the image formed by convex lens are real but the images formed by concave lens are virtual concave mirror are commonly used in to torches search light and vehicles headlights to get powerful parallel beam of light they are often used as a wing a to see a larger image of the face the dentist use a concave mirrors to see larger image of that is open send large can give are used to concentrate sunlight to produce heat in solar furnace


What are the Lens that can create a real or virtual image?

Lenses that can create a real image include converging lenses such as convex lenses. Lenses that can create a virtual image include diverging lenses such as concave lenses. The type of image formed depends on the focal length and the object distance from the lens.


Which type of mirrors are used to give an erect enlarged image of an object?

Concave mirrors are used to give an erect and enlarged image of an object. The image formed is virtual, upright, and magnified when the object is placed between the focal point and the mirror's surface.


What are virtual and real images and what is the difference between them?

Here we have to note down an interesting point. If we have a source of light, then the rays starting right from the source would be diverging definitely. Hence if the rays coming from a source is of diverging type then the source is a real one. If otherwise the rays assumed coming from a source is converging type then we can declare that the source would be a virtual one. Same manner to form an image on a screen the rays have to converge. So converging rays would give definitely a real image. If the rays which are destined to give an image are of diverging type then the image must be termed as virtual. To get the position of the virtual image we have to extend back the rays so as they meet at a point and we say that the rays appear to diverge from that point hence named as virtual image. Thus we generalize this way. In case of source if rays are of diverging then source is real, if converging then source is virtual. In case of image formation, if rays are converging then real image and if diverging then virtual image. This is the cute point to be realized and to be taught to the students of this generation.


What kind of mirror can give a realvirtual and magnified image?

A concave mirror can give a real or virtual magnified image depending on the object's position relative to the mirror's focal point. If the object is beyond the focal point, a real and magnified image is produced; if the object is within the focal point, a virtual and magnified image is produced.


How do images formed by a concave lens and convex mirror compare?

Images formed by a concave lens are virtual, upright, and reduced in size, while images formed by a convex mirror are virtual, upright, and smaller than the object. Both types of images result from diverging light rays.


Which kind of mirror can give a realvirtual and a magnified image?

Mirrors that gives an enlarged image are basically a regular mirror just it has magnified glass.; Actually, it is a concave mirror, not a convex mirror, that is used to give an enlarged image.


What types of images are produced by a concave mirror?

A concave mirror is dished in ward. A convex mirror domed. Both images will be distorted in size from actuality. A convex mirror will give a wider view of what you are looking at in the mirror. A concave mirror will compress and magnify the image being viewed.


Does a eyepiece of a telescope have a lens?

A telescope eyepiece usually has 2 lenses in an astronomical telescope, and it is designed to give a magnified view of the virtual image produced at the focal point of the main lens.


What is the difference between double convex lens from double concave lens?

A double convex lens is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, causing light rays passing through it to converge. A double concave lens is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges, causing light rays passing through it to diverge.