← 1.5° → true field
60° apparent field
Excellent fit· Celestron X-Cel LX 25mm on the Askar 140APO Triplet Air-Spaced Refractor
Why this eyepiece?
- ✓Frames both clusters in one field in a single view
- ✓Sweeping, immersive low-power view
Tradeoffs
- –Less reach to push fine detail in each cluster
Try a shorter focal length eyepiece for more detail
Two glittering open clusters side by side — a wide-field showpiece, breathtaking at low power in dark skies.