A Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ gives 54x, a 0.92 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.

Eyepiece and telescope pairing

Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ: magnification and field

What the Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl does in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.92 degrees true
dot = 2.4 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
54x650 mm / 12 mm
True field
0.92 degrees50 deg / 54x
Exit pupil
2.4 mm130 mm / 54x
Max useful mag
307xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ the Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl gives 54x with a 0.92 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: 650 mm divided by 12 mm is 54x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 50 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.92 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 130 mm over 54x, which is 2.4 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ the Celestron Omni 12mm Plossl gives 54x with a 0.92 degree true field and a 2.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.