A Tele Vue 8mm Plossl in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 gives 162x, a 0.31 degree true field and a 0.6 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Tele Vue 8mm Plossl in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102: magnification and field

What the Tele Vue 8mm Plossl does in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.31 degrees true
dot = 0.6 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
162x1300 mm / 8 mm
True field
0.31 degrees50 deg / 162x
Exit pupil
0.6 mm102 mm / 162x
Max useful mag
about 204x2x aperture
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 the Tele Vue 8mm Plossl gives 162x with a 0.31 degree true field and a 0.6 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1300 mm divided by 8 mm is 162x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 50 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.31 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 162x, which is 0.6 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.

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Questions and answers

Tele Vue 8mm Plossl in the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 the Tele Vue 8mm Plossl gives 162x with a 0.31 degree true field and a 0.6 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.