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- Image Characteristics of a Concave Mirror
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment, we learnt about the Focal point of a concave mirror. In this segment, let us learn about the image characteristics of a concave mirror.
What are the Image characteristics of a concave mirror?
Consider a concave mirror whose pole, the centre of curvature, and the principal focus be represented by the points P, C, and F respectively as shown below.
Side view of a concave mirror
The properties of image formed by a concave mirror are as follows:
| Position of the object | Size of the image | Nature of the image |
| Between P and F | Enlarged | Virtual and erect |
| At F | Highly enlarged | Real and inverted |
| Between C and F | Enlarged | Real and inverted |
| At C | Same sized | Real and inverted |
| Beyond C | Diminished | Real and inverted |
| At infinity | Highly diminished (point sized) | Real and inverted |
