A Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ gives 83x, a 0.72 degree true field and a 1.4 mm exit pupil. The worked calculation and whether it sits in the useful range.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ: magnification and field

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm does in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.72 degrees true
dot = 1.4 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
83x1000 mm / 12 mm
True field
0.72 degrees60 deg / 83x
Exit pupil
1.4 mm114 mm / 83x
Max useful mag
269xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm gives 83x with a 0.72 degree true field and a 1.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1000 mm divided by 12 mm is 83x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.72 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 114 mm over 83x, which is 1.4 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm in the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm gives 83x with a 0.72 degree true field and a 1.4 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.