Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ: magnification and field
What the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl does in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 1.6 degrees true
dot = 4.6 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 25x1000 mm / 40 mm
- True field
- 1.6 degrees40 deg / 25x
- Exit pupil
- 4.6 mm114 mm / 25x
- Max useful mag
- 269xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl gives 25x with a 1.6 degree true field and a 4.6 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 40 mm is 25x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 40 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.6 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 114 mm over 25x, which is 4.6 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.
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