Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron X-Cel LX 2.3mm in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ: magnification and field
What the Celestron X-Cel LX 2.3mm does in the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 0.21 degrees true
dot = 0.4 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 287x660 mm / 2.3 mm
- True field
- 0.21 degrees60 deg / 287x
- Exit pupil
- 0.4 mm102 mm / 287x
- Max useful mag
- 241xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Over-powered. At 287x this pair exceeds the published highest useful magnification of about 241x for the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ, so the image dims and softens without showing more real detail. Use a longer eyepiece.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 660 mm divided by 2.3 mm is 287x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.21 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 102 mm over 287x, which is 0.4 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.
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