an ophthalmic apparatus measures characteristics of an eye using a projection mechanism that projects a target onto a fundus of the eye in a plurality of meridional directions in a cornea of the eye so as to substantially cover all over the cornea . a detection mechanism detects a position of the target image projected onto the fundus . a processor calculates refractive power values in the meridional directions based on the positions detected by the detection mechanism . the results are graphically displayed to permit an operator to quickly understand and interpret the results at a glance .