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2. Magnification - Wikipedia

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   The maximum angular magnification (compared to the naked eye) of a magnifying glass depends on how the glass and the object are held, relative to the eye. If the lens is held at a distance from the object such that its front focal point is on the object being viewed, the relaxed eye (focused to infinity) can view the image with angular ...

3. Magnifying glass - Wikipedia

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   Magnifying glasses typically have low magnifying power: 2×–6×, with the lower-power types being much more common. At higher magnifications, the image quality of a simple magnifying glass becomes poor due to optical aberrations, particularly spherical aberration. When more magnification or a better image is required, other types of hand ...

4. Optical microscope - Wikipedia

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   The earliest microscopes were single lens magnifying glasses with limited magnification, which date at least as far back as the widespread use of lenses in eyeglasses in the 13th century. [ 8 ] Compound microscopes first appeared in Europe around 1620 [ 9 ] [ 10 ] including one demonstrated by Cornelis Drebbel in London (around 1621) and one ...

5. Barlow lens - Wikipedia

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   Cone of light behind an achromatic doublet objective lens (A) without (red) and with (green) a Barlow lens optical element (B). The Barlow lens, named after Peter Barlow, is a diverging lens which, used in series with other optics in an optical system, increases the effective focal length of an optical system as perceived by all components that are after it in the system.

6. Optical telescope - Wikipedia

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   The Large Binocular Telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona uses two curved mirrors to gather light. An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual inspection, to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors.

7. Dioptre - Wikipedia

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   The magnifying power V of a simple magnifying glass is related to its optical power φ by V = 0.25 m × φ + 1 {\displaystyle V=0.25\ \mathrm {m} \times \varphi +1} . This is approximately the magnification observed when a person with normal vision holds the magnifying glass close to his or her eye.