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This magnification value determines the diameter of the field of view when the low power objective is used. A microscope's field of view refers to the diameter of the circular optical light that is visible when viewing an object under the microscope. This value forms an inverse relationship with magnification, which means that increasing the magnification results in the reduction of the field of view.
The objective itself is usually a cylinder containing one or more lenses that are typically made of glass; its function is to collect light from the sample. Microscope objectives are characterized by two parameters: magnification and numerical aperture. The magnification typically ranges from 4Ã to 100Ã.