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Optics

Quantity Image Type
Features
Formula
Reflection Virtual   
Upright   
Same size   
Laterally inverted
Image is equal distance behind the mirror as the object is infront.
i = r
Refraction Virtual   
Upright   
Enlarged
Image is nearer than the object.
n =  sin i 
      sin r
Lenses
Real    
Inverted   
Enlarged/Diminshed
Virtual   
Upright   
Enlarged
 
Images are of two types: real or virtual
Diagram
 

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