← 9′ → true field
60° apparent field
Excellent fit· Celestron X-Cel LX 5mm on the Celestron NexStar 8SE
Why this eyepiece?
- ✓Brings out more structure in the ring structure
- ✓High magnification that rewards steady skies
Tradeoffs
- –Too tight to frame the ring with dark sky
- –Dims at this power, making faint detail harder to see
Magnification exceeds practical limit
Small but bright — a perfect smoke ring at 100–200×. A stellar remnant 2,300 light-years away.