A Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm in the Celestron C5 optical tube gives 250x, a 0.24 degree true field and a 0.5 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 5mm in the Celestron C5 optical tube: magnification and field

What the Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm does in the Celestron C5 optical tube, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.

Field of view

ring = 0.24 degrees true
dot = 0.5 mm exit pupil

Computed optics

Magnification
250x1250 mm / 5 mm
True field
0.24 degrees60 deg / 250x
Exit pupil
0.5 mm127 mm / 250x
Max useful mag
295xpublished
Barrel match
1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Fits

Good fit. In the Celestron C5 optical tube the Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm gives 250x with a 0.24 degree true field and a 0.5 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.

Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1250 mm divided by 5 mm is 250x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.24 degrees.

The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 127 mm over 250x, which is 0.5 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.

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Questions and answers

Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm in the Celestron C5 optical tube: magnification and field?

Good fit. In the Celestron C5 optical tube the Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm gives 250x with a 0.24 degree true field and a 0.5 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.