Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Eyepiece Stats..

Few bazooka stats. I need to remember these during future observations.

Celestron StarHopper 6 Dobsonian
Aperture: 6 inches / ~15 cm / 150 mm
Focal Length: 1219 mm (F/8)

Celestron Plossl Eyepiece: 32mm, 15mm, 6mm and 2x Barlow.
Apparent Field of View (AFOV): 52 deg for all. 44 deg for 32mm
Eye Relief: ?????

Magnification: Telescope focal length / Eyepiece focal length
Eyepiece 32 mm : 38x
(1219mm/32mm)
Eyepiece 25 mm : 48x
(1219mm/25mm)
Eyepiece 12.5 mm : 97x
(1219mm/12.5mm)

Exit Pupil: Telescope aperture / Magnification
Eyepiece 32 mm : 3.9 mm (150mm/38x)
Eyepiece 25 mm : 3.1 mm (150mm/48x)
Eyepiece 12.5 mm : 1.5 mm (150mm/97x)

True field of view (TFOV): Apparent field of view (AFOV)/ Magnification
Eyepiece 32 mm : 1.16 deg
(44deg/38x)
Eyepiece 25 mm : 1.08 deg
(52deg/48x)
Eyepiece 12.5 mm : 0.54 deg
(52deg/97x)

Maximum that can be supported on this telescope:
Max Exit Pupil : ~6 mm : Mag 25x (150mm/6mm) : Focal Length 48mm (1219mm/25x)
Min Exit Pupil : ~0.5 mm : Mag 300x (150mm/0.5mm) : Focal Length 4mm (1219mm/300x)
Best Exit Pupil : 2 mm : Mag 75x (150mm/2mm) : Focal Length 16mm (1219mm/75x)

Nikon 10x50 Binocular:
Field of View: 6.64 deg : 114m at 1000m
Exit Pupil: 5.0
Eye Relief: 17.2

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