Eyepiece and telescope pairing

Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl in the Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ: magnification and field

What the Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl does in the Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 1.54 degrees true
dot = 4.1 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
31x1000 mm / 32 mm
True field
1.54 degrees48 deg / 31x
Exit pupil
4.1 mm127 mm / 31x
Max useful mag
300xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ the Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl gives 31x with a 1.54 degree true field and a 4.1 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.


Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1000 mm divided by 32 mm is 31x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 48 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.54 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 127 mm over 31x, which is 4.1 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.