A Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm in the Celestron C11 optical tube gives 112x, a 0.54 degree true field and a 2.5 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 25mm in the Celestron C11 optical tube: magnification and field

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm does in the Celestron C11 optical tube, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.54 degrees true
dot = 2.5 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
112x2800 mm / 25 mm
True field
0.54 degrees60 deg / 112x
Exit pupil
2.5 mm280 mm / 112x
Max useful mag
660xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron C11 optical tube the Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm gives 112x with a 0.54 degree true field and a 2.5 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 2800 mm divided by 25 mm is 112x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.54 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 280 mm over 112x, which is 2.5 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm in the Celestron C11 optical tube: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron C11 optical tube the Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm gives 112x with a 0.54 degree true field and a 2.5 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.