A Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 gives 43x, a 1.89 degree true field and a 2.4 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102: magnification and field

What the Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree does in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 1.89 degrees true
dot = 2.4 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
43x1300 mm / 30 mm
True field
1.89 degrees82 deg / 43x
Exit pupil
2.4 mm102 mm / 43x
Max useful mag
about 204x2x aperture
Barrel match
2 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 the Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree gives 43x with a 1.89 degree true field and a 2.4 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 30 mm is 43x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 82 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.89 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 43x, which is 2.4 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.

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Questions and answers

Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 the Explore Scientific 30mm 82 Degree gives 43x with a 1.89 degree true field and a 2.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.