Celestron X-Cel LX 7mm: 7 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 7mm: focal length, field and the magnification it gives

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 7mm 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
7 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 7mm gives 93x in a 650 mm scope, 171x in a 1200 mm scope, 290x in a 2032 mm scope, because magnification is the telescope's focal length divided by this eyepiece's 7 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 7 mm focal length divided by the telescope's focal ratio, so at f/5 the exit pupil is 1.4 mm and at f/10 it is 0.7 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 7mm?

7 mm

What is the apparent field of view of the Celestron X-Cel LX 7mm?

60 degrees

What is the barrel size of the Celestron X-Cel LX 7mm?

1.25 in

What is the eye relief of the Celestron X-Cel LX 7mm?

16 mm