A Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED gives 35x, a 1.71 degree true field and a 2.1 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 Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED: magnification and field

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm does in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 1.71 degrees true
dot = 2.1 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
35x420 mm / 12 mm
True field
1.71 degrees60 deg / 35x
Exit pupil
2.1 mm72 mm / 35x
Max useful mag
170xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm gives 35x with a 1.71 degree true field and a 2.1 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 420 mm divided by 12 mm is 35x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 1.71 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 72 mm over 35x, which is 2.1 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm in the Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED the Celestron X-Cel LX 12mm gives 35x with a 1.71 degree true field and a 2.1 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.