Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl in the Celestron C6 optical tube: magnification and field
What the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl does in the Celestron C6 optical tube, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 1.07 degrees true
dot = 4 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 38x1500 mm / 40 mm
- True field
- 1.07 degrees40 deg / 38x
- Exit pupil
- 4 mm150 mm / 38x
- Max useful mag
- 354xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron C6 optical tube the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl gives 38x with a 1.07 degree true field and a 4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1500 mm divided by 40 mm is 38x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 40 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.07 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 150 mm over 38x, which is 4 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.
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