Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ: magnification and field
What the Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl does in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 2.33 degrees true
dot = 4.9 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 21x660 mm / 32 mm
- True field
- 2.33 degrees48 deg / 21x
- Exit pupil
- 4.9 mm102 mm / 21x
- Max useful mag
- 241xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ the Celestron Omni 32mm Plossl gives 21x with a 2.33 degree true field and a 4.9 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 660 mm divided by 32 mm is 21x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 48 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 2.33 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 21x, which is 4.9 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.
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