eyepiece

eyepiece

the lens or combination of lenses in an optical instrument nearest the eye of the observer

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eyepiece [′ī‚pēs]

(optics)

A lens or optical system which offers to the eye the image originating from another system (the objective) at a suitable viewing distance. Also known as ocular.

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Eyepiece

A lens or optical system which offers to the eye the image originating from another system (the objective), at a suitable viewing distance. The image can be virtual. See Optical image

In modern instruments, most eyepieces (also called oculars) are not independently corrected for all errors. They are designed to balance out certain residual aberrations of the objective or (as in the microscope) of a group of objectives, for instance, chromatic difference of magnification. See Aberration (optics)

The Ramsden eyepiece consists of two planoconvex lenses, the field lens and the eye lens, with their plane sides out. Both of these lenses have the same power and focal length; their separation is equal to their common focal length. See Geometrical optics, Lens (optics)

The Huygens eyepiece also consists of two planoconvex lenses, but the plane sides of both lenses face the eye, The focal length of the field lens is in general three times that of the eye lens, and the separation is twice the focal length of the eye lens.