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Explore Scientific 11mm 82 Degree in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102: magnification and field
What the Explore Scientific 11mm 82 Degree does in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 0.69 degrees true
dot = 0.9 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 118x1300 mm / 11 mm
- True field
- 0.69 degrees82 deg / 118x
- Exit pupil
- 0.9 mm102 mm / 118x
- Max useful mag
- about 204x2x aperture
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 the Explore Scientific 11mm 82 Degree gives 118x with a 0.69 degree true field and a 0.9 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1300 mm divided by 11 mm is 118x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 82 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.69 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 118x, which is 0.9 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.
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