Eli5 Looking thrue magnifying glass, telescope or microscope does not hurt. Looking thrue glasses with wrong lenses hurts. Why?

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Eli5 Looking thrue magnifying glass, telescope or microscope does not hurt. Looking thrue glasses with wrong lenses hurts. Why?

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When using the wrong glasses, the image is almost in focus, so your eyes strain to bring it into focus. An out of focus magnifying glass or telescope is so far from focus that your eyes don’t try.

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