Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm in the Celestron NexStar 8SE: magnification and field
What the Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm does in the Celestron NexStar 8SE, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 0.74 degrees true
dot = 2.5 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 81x2032 mm / 25 mm
- True field
- 0.74 degrees60 deg / 81x
- Exit pupil
- 2.5 mm203 mm / 81x
- Max useful mag
- 480xpublished
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 2 in focuser
Good fit. In the Celestron NexStar 8SE the Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm gives 81x with a 0.74 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: 2032 mm divided by 25 mm is 81x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.74 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 203 mm over 81x, which is 2.5 mm. That makes this a medium-power general setting.
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