Real images are actually in front of the mirror, while virtual images appear inside the mirror. With a real image, the light actually converges at the site of the image, which allows you to display it on a screen.zainahmed1994 said:concave mirror make real and inverted image which means that the image can be obtained on the screen and on the contrary convex mirror makes virtual and erect image and it can't be obtained on screen..i can see that the images made by them are inverted and erect respectively but both the images are obtained on the mirror, so what is meant by real image is obtained on screen??
Why would that be any less true for a virtual image? (Of course, you have to place the optics so as to intercept the light from the virtual image.)JDługosz said:It was explained to me that you can use a magnifying glass or other optics on a "real" image and it works the same as an object at that location.
Images are formed by mirrors through a process called reflection. This is when light rays bounce off a surface and travel in a different direction. When light rays from an object hit a mirror, they reflect off the surface and create an image that appears to be behind the mirror.
The two types of images formed by mirrors are real and virtual images. Real images are formed when light rays actually converge at a point in space, whereas virtual images are formed when light rays only appear to converge at a point but do not actually do so.
The characteristics of an image formed by a mirror are determined by the position of the object in relation to the mirror and the type of mirror being used. The size, orientation, and location of the image can be determined using the laws of reflection.
Concave mirrors are curved inward, like the inside of a bowl, and can form both real and virtual images. Convex mirrors are curved outward, like the back of a spoon, and can only form virtual images. Convex mirrors also have a wider field of view than concave mirrors.
Images formed by mirrors and lenses have some similarities but also some differences. Both can form real and virtual images, but mirrors only form upright images while lenses can form both upright and inverted images. Additionally, the focal point and focal length for mirrors are measured from the surface, whereas for lenses they are measured from the center of the lens.