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Explore Scientific 18mm 82 Degree in the Celestron NexStar 4SE: magnification and field
What the Explore Scientific 18mm 82 Degree does in the Celestron NexStar 4SE, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 1.11 degrees true
dot = 1.4 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 74x1325 mm / 18 mm
- True field
- 1.11 degrees82 deg / 74x
- Exit pupil
- 1.4 mm102 mm / 74x
- Max useful mag
- 241xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron NexStar 4SE the Explore Scientific 18mm 82 Degree gives 74x with a 1.11 degree true field and a 1.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1325 mm divided by 18 mm is 74x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 82 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.11 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 74x, which is 1.4 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.
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