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Hi Robert. There’s not just 1 filter that helps with everything - if you could say what your main targets will be that would define better the most suitable filter. Planets - there are specific filters to enhance what would be observed with your achromat refractor. Deep sky - there are specific filters to help with some deep sky objects. If your main problem is light pollution there are filters that are supposed to help - but divided opinions as to whether they are worth having. Some would say the money is better spent on traveling to a better sky. Ed. -
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Another warm welcome to SGL 🙂 The wildfires all up and down the west coast are terrible this year. Canada has sent 300 fire fighters and equipment to Oregon despite the widfires in British Columbia. -
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I find 6 second subs and iso 1600 work well for Astap solving in 4 seconds ,. -
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Thanks for the welcome John 😀 I'm glad that the bushfires are over. As bad as the wildfires here seem to be, they're nothing compared to the scale of what you've had to deal with. CA burnt area: 1.40 million hectares. AU burnt area: 18.7 million hectares. Yikes! Can't thank these firefighters enough, especially the ones risking life and limb in another country
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Not having much luck with the planets. Conditions seem to be serving up a healthy dose of mush.....either that or the achro is just not up to the task· 0 replies
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Hi Steve , not much astronomy going on lately, hopefully that will change. Hope you are doing well· 0 replies
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I'll take this at £14 if its still available, thanks.· 2 replies
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Beautiful Mars and waning gibbous Moon conjunction. Took a few images with my Canon DSLR at f=300mm. Interesting how the naked eye and brain can better accommodate the difference in brightness between the Moon and Mars than can the camera. To my eyes Mars shone like a pink jewel whilst the Mare on the Moon were in dark contrast to the southern highlands. My camera, set to show lunar detail, rendered Mars a very dull and tiny disc. Looks like a job tomorrow for 'photo editing software'!· 0 replies
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