A Tele Vue 25mm Plossl in the Celestron Astro Fi 102 gives 53x, a 0.94 degree true field and a 1.9 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

Eyepiece and telescope pairing

Tele Vue 25mm Plossl in the Celestron Astro Fi 102: magnification and field

What the Tele Vue 25mm Plossl does in the Celestron Astro Fi 102, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.94 degrees true
dot = 1.9 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
53x1325 mm / 25 mm
True field
0.94 degrees50 deg / 53x
Exit pupil
1.9 mm102 mm / 53x
Max useful mag
241xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron Astro Fi 102 the Tele Vue 25mm Plossl gives 53x with a 0.94 degree true field and a 1.9 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 25 mm is 53x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 50 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.94 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 53x, which is 1.9 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.

Questions and answers

Tele Vue 25mm Plossl in the Celestron Astro Fi 102: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron Astro Fi 102 the Tele Vue 25mm Plossl gives 53x with a 0.94 degree true field and a 1.9 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.