Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Tele Vue 11mm Plossl in the Celestron Astro Fi 102: magnification and field
What the Tele Vue 11mm Plossl does in the Celestron Astro Fi 102, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 0.42 degrees true
dot = 0.8 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 120x1325 mm / 11 mm
- True field
- 0.42 degrees50 deg / 120x
- Exit pupil
- 0.8 mm102 mm / 120x
- Max useful mag
- 241xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron Astro Fi 102 the Tele Vue 11mm Plossl gives 120x with a 0.42 degree true field and a 0.8 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1325 mm divided by 11 mm is 120x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 50 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.42 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 120x, which is 0.8 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.
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