A Tele Vue 6mm Delos in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120 gives 167x, a 0.43 degree true field and a 0.7 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

Eyepiece and telescope pairing

Tele Vue 6mm Delos in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120: magnification and field

What the Tele Vue 6mm Delos does in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.43 degrees true
dot = 0.7 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
167x1000 mm / 6 mm
True field
0.43 degrees72 deg / 167x
Exit pupil
0.7 mm120 mm / 167x
Max useful mag
283xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120 the Tele Vue 6mm Delos gives 167x with a 0.43 degree true field and a 0.7 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.


Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1000 mm divided by 6 mm is 167x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 72 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.43 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 120 mm over 167x, which is 0.7 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.

Questions and answers

Tele Vue 6mm Delos in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Evostar 120 the Tele Vue 6mm Delos gives 167x with a 0.43 degree true field and a 0.7 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.