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Experiment: Finding the Position of a Virtual Image:

1. The plane mirror:

The image visible in a plane mirror appears behind the mirror. it is a virtual image.
You will find its distance by parallax.

moveable optical pin


fixed optical pin

mirror

pin board

 Place a fixed pin in front of the plane mirror. Place a second pin behind the
mirror so that the top of the pin can be seen superimposed over the reflection
when the eye is in line.
 Keep only one eye open and move the eye from side to side.
 Generally the reflection in the mirror will appear to move out of line with the
pin behind the mirror.
 Place the pin at different distances until the image in the mirror and the pin
behind the mirror always coincide when the eye is moved.
 Measure the distance of the object pin and the pin behind the mirror which is
now at the distance of the virtual image within the mirror.

2 The Converging Lens.

The process is similar to the plane mirror though more difficult to do accurately. .The
object pin must be placed a distance from the lens which is less than its focal length.
clamped moveable
optical pin

lens
object pin

virtual image of the


pin

pin board
Look through the lens.

The virtual image of the pin can be seen.

 Using the parallax principle move the eye from side to side .
 Move the clamp and pin until the pin can be seen superimposed above the
virtual image.
 The angle is limited as the edge of the lens tends to distort the image.
 Measure the distance from the lens axi to the object and to the virtual image.
 Calculate the focal length of the lens using the lens formula.

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