A Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic in the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian) gives 34x, a 1.98 degree true field and a 4.4 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic in the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian): magnification and field

What the Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic does in the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian), worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 1.98 degrees true
dot = 4.4 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
34x1200 mm / 35 mm
True field
1.98 degrees68 deg / 34x
Exit pupil
4.4 mm152 mm / 34x
Max useful mag
about 304x2x aperture
Barrel match
2 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian) the Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic gives 34x with a 1.98 degree true field and a 4.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1200 mm divided by 35 mm is 34x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 68 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.98 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 152 mm over 34x, which is 4.4 mm. That makes this a low-power, wide-field and deep-sky setting.

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Questions and answers

Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic in the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian): magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Classic 150P (6-inch Dobsonian) the Tele Vue 35mm Panoptic gives 34x with a 1.98 degree true field and a 4.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.