In the Light Microscope?

Principles. The light microscope is an instrument for visualizing fine detail of an object. It does this by creating a magnified image through the use of a series of glass lenses, which first focus a beam of light onto or through an object, and convex objective lenses to enlarge the image formed.

What is a light microscope in simple terms?

A light microscope uses focused light and lenses to magnify a specimen, usually a cell. ... Simple light microscopes use a single lens to magnify an object and cannot reach high magnification. Compound light microscopes use two sets of lenses - an objective lens and an eyepiece - to produce images.

What can be seen in a light microscope?

You can see most bacteria and some organelles like mitochondria plus the human egg. You can not see the very smallest bacteria, viruses, macromolecules, ribosomes, proteins, and of course atoms.