A Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ gives 16x, a 2.42 degree true field and a 6.2 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ: magnification and field

What the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl does in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 2.42 degrees true
dot = 6.2 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
16x660 mm / 40 mm
True field
2.42 degrees40 deg / 16x
Exit pupil
6.2 mm102 mm / 16x
Max useful mag
241xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl gives 16x with a 2.42 degree true field and a 6.2 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 40 mm is 16x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 40 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 2.42 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 16x, which is 6.2 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ the Celestron Omni 40mm Plossl gives 16x with a 2.42 degree true field and a 6.2 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.