Image Formation

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The process by which light rays originating from an object are redirected by an optical system to intersect, or appear to intersect, at a specific position to form an image.

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Image formation happens when an optical system, such as a lens or the eye, redirects light from an object to create an image. The image is real if the rays actually meet, or virtual if they only appear to come from a shared location.

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  1. Keating, M. P. Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics (2nd ed., Chapters 3, 5 & 7) & AAO BCSC Section 3 (Clinical Optics).