Eyepiece and telescope pairing
Celestron X-Cel LX 9mm in the Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian: magnification and field
What the Celestron X-Cel LX 9mm does in the Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian, worked from the published focal lengths and apparent field.
Field of view
ring = 0.45 degrees true
dot = 1.1 mm exit pupil
- Magnification
- 133x1200 mm / 9 mm
- True field
- 0.45 degrees60 deg / 133x
- Exit pupil
- 1.1 mm150 mm / 133x
- Max useful mag
- about 300x2x aperture
Computed optics
- Barrel match
- 1.25 in eyepiece in a 1.25 in focuser
Good fit. In the Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian the Celestron X-Cel LX 9mm gives 133x with a 0.45 degree true field and a 1.1 mm exit pupil, inside the telescope's useful range.
Magnification is the telescope focal length divided by the eyepiece focal length: 1200 mm divided by 9 mm is 133x. The true field of view is the eyepiece's 60 degree apparent field divided by that magnification, 0.45 degrees.
The exit pupil, the width of the light beam leaving the eyepiece, is the aperture divided by the magnification, 150 mm over 133x, which is 1.1 mm. That makes this a high-power lunar, planetary and double-star setting.
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