Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm: 18 mm focal length, 60 degree apparent field, 1.25 in barrel. The magnification and true field it produces in real telescopes, worked from the specs.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm: focal length, field and the magnification it gives

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm measures and the magnification and true field it produces once you drop it into a telescope of a given focal length.

Published specifications

Focal length
18 mm
Apparent field of view
60 degrees
Barrel size
1.25 in
Eye relief
16 mm
Optical design
6-element

An eyepiece has no magnification of its own. The Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm gives 36x in a 650 mm scope, 67x in a 1200 mm scope, 113x in a 2032 mm scope, because magnification is the telescope's focal length divided by this eyepiece's 18 mm focal length.

Its 60 degree apparent field becomes the true field of view once divided by that magnification: wider in a short-focal-length scope, narrower in a long one. The exit pupil equals this 18 mm focal length divided by the telescope's focal ratio, so at f/5 the exit pupil is 3.6 mm and at f/10 it is 1.8 mm.

The 1.25 in barrel decides which focusers it fits: a 1.25 in barrel fits both dedicated 1.25 in focusers and the 1.25 in adapter of a 2 in focuser.

Questions and answers

What is the focal length of the Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm?

18 mm

What is the apparent field of view of the Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm?

60 degrees

What is the barrel size of the Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm?

1.25 in

What is the eye relief of the Celestron X-Cel LX 18mm?

16 mm