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Image scale calculator

AllField of viewSamplingImage scaleFocal ratioFocal length for seeingEyepieceBinocularsResolving powerDust shadowGuide scope

Object

Telescope

mm
Reducer / Barlow
×

Camera

µm
Binning
Powered by Aladin Lite·CDS / Université de Strasbourg·Imagery: DSS2 (CDS)
2,785 pixels per degree
Image scale
1.29″/px
On the Moon, per pixel
2.4 km
Effective focal length
600 mm

Each pixel covers 1.29″ of sky; on the Moon that is a square 2.4 km wide.

s = 206.265·p·b / f = 206.265·3.76·1 / 600 = 1.293″/px